I agree with the sentiment, but at the same time I want “honor killings” to be associated with stuff like this: cowardly, senseless, backwards, outdated, and ultimately useless patriarchal fundamentalism.
reluctantspice
reluctantspice
Also, can we stop calling them ‘honor killings’? It’s murder, plain and simple. The root of the motive may be sexist, patriarchal cultural ideas, but it’s still murder. Calling it ‘honor killings’ implies there a legitimate reason for it, or that culture can be used an excuse. It cannot.
“Thought she was being overdramatic”.
I hate men.
Literally has zero to do with this particular post and you're just trying to bait people. You should be ashamed of yourself.
That it shouldn’t justify his execution.
Absolutely. Instead of peer counseling, I saw a psychiatrist once a week who specialized in treating addictions. He diagnosed me with anxiety disorder and now I’m on a mood-stabilizer and SSRI. After being on the medication for a couple of months the urge to drink just EVAPORATED. Like a switch was flipped, magic…
A.A. didn’t provide the support I needed to stay sober, just to get sober. Peer support, meetings, trusting in a higher power, reading the book and sponsorship were not doing it for me after several months. I was pretty aghast to realize most of their philosophy is based on “you can get sober if you want it hard…
I drink on Friday and saturday and only week days if I don’t have to work the next day. I’ve got it back down to a little more than a 12 pack now per night. i couldn’t go stone cold sober though. I did have to stop an eight ball a weekend though when it got to two eight balls. i stopped that shit stone cold and…
When I was first getting clean from my overall drug addiction (I still drink unfortunately) I was so upset when I would tell my family I had been for a few days, a few weeks, or a few months and they wouldnt act like it was important. It might not seem like a big deal to outsiders, but to an addict/alcoholic even a…
Actually, it means more than you can imagine. Thank you.
Hugs. I’m going through a bit of the same myself. I know it doesn’t mean anything, coming from an internet stranger, but I’m proud of you.
This is beautifully written, and I’m so glad you responded with this:
About the paralysis around do-I-quit-or-do-I-not. You spend so much time worrying about what other people are going to think. What are they going to think of me, how is it going to look, when I’m the only one at this fancy fundraiser/wine tasting/birthday party/whatever with a seltzer instead of a glass of wine in my…
When I initially quit drinking I went to A.A. and that worked because of the peer (support?) pressure. I’m very competitive and the lure of success by stocking consecutive sober days and then getting credit for them by other alcoholics was pretty powerful.
When news of this was initially posted on Gawker I was APPALLED (though not surprised, really) to see how many people were almost giddy about Manning attempting suicide, as though being pushed to experience severe depression and suicidal thoughts is part of the punishment process and not textbook “cruel and unusual…