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siduri comments on Social Necessity of Drinking - Less Wrong Discussion

17 Post author: Raemon 13 February 2011 10:52PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 February 2011 03:23:43PM 6 points [-]

People just don't care that much about trivia about other people, in general.

Have to disagree with this pretty strongly. If Raemon indicates in a work setting that he's a recovering alcoholic, he should expect his coworkers to be gossiping about that for months. Depending on his job it could even have a negative impact on his career.

Alcoholism carries a stigma. That's why AA is anonymous.