Comments on: UPDATE II: Charlie Sheen’s Out of the AA ‘Troll Hole’ (“Medicate Mercer!”) https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Theodor Lauppert https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18064 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:12:55 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18064 Since it was mentioned above: The idea that homosexuals are a different sort of people is a product of the 19th century. It was unknown before and is still alien to most non-Western cultures. I think it was Krafft-Ebing in his Psychopatia Sexualis who coined the term and introduced the idea.

]]> By: Kerry https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18063 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:52:56 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18063 Ilana,

“I’m proud to be in opposition to tyranny, dependency and the decimation of free will by the therapeutic authorities (who often work hand-in-hand with the state).”

Permission to use this when arguing with friends? [Go ahead; so long as you refer them for future reading to my website/facebook page.]

]]> By: lonegranger https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18059 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:34:19 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18059 Ms. Mercer,

I’ve read your commentary for several years mainly because, while I may not agree, I like your subject matter and style. Early on, I corresponded and you replied with a kindly and encouraging message. I have no reason to do otherwise. Like you, I try to minimize conditioning and be objective in my evaluations.

If you’ll pardon the paranomastics, I’ll slice through foibles with my forte and unscrew another container of pasquin-ade.

Damn, that’s sounds so French!!

All the best,
The Lonegranger

[To you too; and thanks for the support. I hope to hear more from you on BAB.]

]]> By: Jennifer https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18058 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:28:03 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18058 “Hang tough Ilana…AND…Charlie!”

Charlie will be just fine, if he chooses to do what this article exhorts and take responsibility for his actions. Playing the victim won’t help anybody, point being.

]]> By: Jennifer https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18057 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:23:22 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18057 I agree with your statement that addiction is NOT organic or inherited like cancer or diabetes; your points about certain programs being enablers and different people making choices for complex reasons are excellent, nor do I think all drug users are the same, or that marijuana should be totally outlawed inspite of medicinal use. I do, however, believe the actions of those who are addicts are dangerous and potentially very harmful to others as well; I have no problem with keeping drugs of no medical use outlawed, and the fact that so many do “structure their lives around obtaining a fix” says something greatly about the dangerous pull of such drugs on the body.

]]> By: Annette https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18056 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:45:04 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18056 I totally agree drug and/or alcohol addiction are character flaws NOT diseases.

Once they made it a “disease” alcohol and drug addiction soared. They removed the responsibility of their actions from these people and placed it on everyone else’s shoulders.

]]> By: Leo https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18054 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:48:00 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18054 Ilana
If what you say is true, and I believe it is, then homosexual behavior is in the same boat. It is nothing more than another form of lust, which is a sin, always was and will continue to be. There is no such thing as being born a homosexual. It develops when one becomes vulnerable because of dysfunctional relationship , usually with one or both parents.

[I am of the opinion that gender identity is innate. That said, someone who is gay hurts no one. But someone who incarcerates people for what they ingest, or put in their bodies, certainly is aggressing against others.]

]]> By: lonegranger https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18053 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:14:11 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18053 Right on Mr. Bob Glisson! It was a lingua-buccal. Aside from the fact that Ms. Mercer seems to be inordinately intelligent, she had previously made some allusion to the DSM in a comment. I just assumed she’d understand.

Not just on this Blog but on most, the comments amount to no more than subjective drivel. For what its worth, I like to insert a bit of lampoonish objectivity.

[Relieved. You pulled one over me. You’d be surprised how many similar, but serious, notes to this effect I’ve received.]

]]> By: Robert Glisson https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18052 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:17:24 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18052 I think that comment number four is comedy unrecognized; meant in jest, I mean. Only the writer can clarify it though. When I was a member of the working body, we were instructed to send all alcohol or drug related people to AA, even though they didn’t want anyone; but, willing participants. This was done so that we could show the legislature that “We were doing something” and therefore no one could sue us if a drunk got drunk and ran over them in the car. The State has deeper pockets than drunks, you know. When I left, a probationer could expect to be in some sort of ‘counseling’ until their probation was over. Finish one program, enter another, then the next one at 50 dollars a month. Write a hot check, check writer’s school, followed by, child abuser counseling, followed by aa, followed by… you get the idea. We were addressing their problems alright.

]]> By: Myron Pauli https://barelyablog.com/charlie-sheen%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-aa-%e2%80%98troll-hole%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-18051 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:40:17 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=35380#comment-18051 A kid variant of all this therapeutic society is all the ADD/ADHD medication. I go back and forth on this between my daughter, myself, the psychologist, and the psychiatrist. When we were in private school, the teachers knew us all one-on-one and they wanted all the little brats completely drugged up to PHASERS ON STUN level. That my kid was getting depression, fear, and loss of appetite was not as important as not fidgeting in school. Now that she is in the government (public) schools, the teachers are lazier and they have bigger issues (booze, drugs, and sex) than worrying about my kid.

Also, the kids can see through all the blatant hypocrisy of the combined “medicate everyone” society merged with the “zero tolerance for drugs and booze” society.

Glad I’m not a kid! Well, she’s getting A’s and B’s even if her work habits, attentiveness, and motivation could use some improvement.

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