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>They didn't drink or do drugs or consider themselves victims, and it didn't help one bit.

Are you saying that your family would have been the same had your parents done drugs or considered themselves victims?

If so, why do you think that? Seems like a very bold claim. If not, what are you actually saying?

I think they're saying the interaction effect of doing drugs, drinking and considering oneself a victim is negligible on overall success.

It doesn't seem like a bold claim to me. I've known plenty of poor, struggling working class people. The only impact drinking or claiming they're a victim have is influencing how much fun they have at parties.

I've happen to know plenty of wildly successful people who also drink and/or think they're victims. Again, primary effect I've noticed seems to be how much fun they are at parties.

I think the end point is that if more people were able to admit when they're a victim, instead of being shamed for it; then change could occur.

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