My friend has been stone cold sober for a very long time. It was hard won, but they got there and stayed there. I guess Alice found this appealing, like maybe this person could be a sort of "sober buddy" and help her not drink. I've known about Alice for many years, and I was a
lot more cynical. Like, I wouldn't put it past her to try and get someone to break their sobriety both as an accomplishment, and to feel like she wasn't the only drunk in the universe.
Alice is almost pleasant when she's sober for the day, albeit profoundly self-absorbed. And this is how she lures people in. Here's this deeply troubled awkward weirdo, and this person felt for her. Alice would become increasingly clingy and demanding, then would back off. She would constantly impose her alcoholism and her alcoholic behavior on this person. She would sometimes try and talk them into drinking along with her.
This person is well known in some circles. Not a household name, but known to a certain set. Alice was on one of her never ending benders, and this person told Alice they needed to remove her from their life as it was endangering their sobriety, and wished her all the best.
Alice, who is a vindictive little guttersnipe, got smashed and started badmouthing this person all over the place. Assailing their character and talking trash -all of which was untrue- trying to hurt them socially and professionally and anyone who knows this person knows it's all untrue.
I feel this is sufficiently vague as there are a lot of former addicts in the circles Alice is trying and failing to peck her way into, and there are a lot of people she's used and hurt, badmouthed and tried to buy, and who ultimately abandoned her like the rat infested ship she is. It's the story of every relationship she's ever had.
So spare me the "she needs help not hate!!!!" HORSESHIT. And to be clear, I think
@higherandhigher is Alice. That woman doesn't have friends she's kept for a quarter of a century. She's fucking cancer with a tragically lopsided tit lift. I'm also going to call her fat because she is and I know for a fact that hurts her feelings. And unlike my friend, I wish her nothing but the worst.