I don't know how honorable that calm was. Was she just trying to stay calm in comparison to show that she wasn't going to get as angry?

Christie has a false air of superiority and it's getting on people's nerves. She doesn't really feel superior or calm. I know that but she's bugging me, too.

I do understand the point of people who remember where she started and realize she's come far.

I don't blame anyone for Christie's current situation but I think she is in the wrong place right now. She recently came out of rehab for Vicodin and stopped using alcohol. That means she has detoxed and is an addict who has to deal with herself. She has addictions up the ying/yang. She acts and feels (and WAS justifiably so) like a victim. She's angry at the world. She is now taking it out on everyone and everything around her a sanctimonious self-rightous, passive-aggressive way.

IF, she were in AA, NA, Passages, whatever follow-up then she would be dealing with her own addiction rehab. Right now she isn't. She's not in a place equipped to deal with her, to "call her out on those issues" as it were. So, she gets away with her "poor me" routine which sounds justified because her past is sad but it won't work for her to truly change. It won't help her stay chemical free and be an independent, energetic person who doesn't judge people and think they are accountable for her well being (support her). She needs to start a whole new way of thinking that you acquire in drug and alcohol treatment programs that is unique to those communities. Until she goes to the right places for help and uses it, she's going to continue to have similar interactions with people that don't work well.