Have you ever been viewed differently because of a medical condition? (Rant)

[mrspunkysmom]

As for drinking, everything in moderation, including moderation. I drink, always have and always will. I really enjoy a glass of wine, and a beer on a hot day (not together, though). I think abstention leads to more problems than not. Not everyone that drinks gets drunk. Not everyone that drinks falls down. Not everyone that drinks only has a good time when drinking.

My favorite quote. I use it a lot. Every now and then you have to let it rip, be extreme to one end or another. I got plastered once in my mid twenties. I just drank too fast. I was sick all night. It was horrible. After I starting feeling better my first thought was, "and they did this every weekend?"

I miss alcohol a little bit right now. The celiac disease limits what I can drink but the heart medicines mean nothing for a while. It's an easy decision. I think I miss soda more.

Be reasonable about what you can do, Alysser. We would like you to hang around for a while with us.

[Miss Z]

Since the standpoint of a parent has already been elaborated upon, perhaps I can offer the standpoint of a friend!

Alyssa, you may feel that your friends are being a little patronising, and quite rightly so, since it's never nice to be made to feel inferior whether it's intentional or not. However, your friends are more than likely thinking about the implications should anything go wrong.

I have two friends with underlying conditions, which could potentially be quite serious should they act against the doctor's orders. If I'm concerned about them, I let them know. If they tell me that there's no need to worry, and honestly mean it, then the conversation stops there. But the reason that I ask in the first place is to be sure that my friend isn't being too blasé with respect to their condition.

This is because I would HATE for something to, firstly, happen at all, and secondly, to hear from their family post said incident: 'And you didn't say anything?' I think that's the worst of it. Call it self-preservation if you will, but I personally couldn't deal with that kind of guilt!