Playsinrain wrote:HelloSweetie wrote:Playsinrain wrote:Don't Tell Mom is worth the listen (so far anyway) The "good" part doesn't start till about 23ish mins in (unless you want to hear baby room planning talk from Brit.) I'm at 35 mins in and Cullen has flat out admitted he is an addict, he and Katie both actually. The tweet wasn't about something silly, he was being legit. Say's he and Katie were heavy drinkers in college (not a surprise) and he was smoking pot on the regular (although it sounds like Katie is NOT ok with the weed smoking, hasn't come out yet, if he currently partakes) Also he has said that he and Katie both were recently drinking pretty heavily every night. Started out with a glass of wine before bed, then it turned into 2 then a few mixed drinks, up until a point where his mom came in one night and he had a 32 oz mixed drink he was drinking. Say's they haven't stopped drinking completely, but they only drink on the weekends and not nearly as much as they used too. Said it was the best thing that has ever happened to their marriage. He also says his dad was an alcoholic as was his grandfather. Berry has always tired to keep his drinking in check bc she worries about alcoholism in his family. He stated too that it "wasn't just drinking" but hasn't elaborated on that yet.
Britney also admitted to being an addict and being in NA and AA for years, but she hasn't admitted the prison stint.. yet anyway. Cullen is still sharing his end of it.. i'll post more as i listen.
Defensiveness doesn’t go along with accountability and acceptance. He was definitely defensive in that Tweet.
Sorry, I’m not buying it. I think he’s saying he’s better for the viewers and his mom who are putting pressure on him. He doesn’t seem better.
I’ve watched Katie’s vlogs and IG lives. The whole life change screams fake and temporary.
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he talks about that tweet on the podcast as well and admits that it put him in defensive mode. But in all honesty i think i would have responded the same way. He was being legit when he said he was an addict and admission is the first step.
He never says he's better, and says that he is struggling and that seeing how much Katie was getting out of her lifestyle changes really put things in perspective and makes him want to change for the better.
If in a few weeks Katie is back to her old ways and Cullen has completely shut down the addiction talk and we can tell he's still drinking heavily on a regular basis, then yeah, I'll call it fake. But i don't have it in me to give someone hell for wanting to make life changes and starting somewhere. We have wanted them to try things like this for years, but then when they start and seem to be enjoying it, people say it's fake and all for views. Katie looks great and her lifestyle changes are really showing in a positive way. I don't think you can fake that.
I just feel like anyone who steps up and admits they have a problem and want help should be given credit. If he is really serious about it, well time will tell.. but i have to give him props for taking the first step.
If you're really ready for help, someone saying that they have seen your addiction playing out in your life doesn't really put you on the defensive like that.
Maybe he's coming around slowly-- I would like to give him credit for that. But from my own experiences, and those of my friends, when you say you're an addict and someone else says that they could tell because they could see it, you don't generally come back with "what do you think you know?" It's hard to explain if you haven't been there. But genuine acceptance means acceptance that other people have seen your behavior for what it was. Especially when there's video evidence of you being wasted on a regular basis.
Edited to add: he was sortof "open" on Twitter. He made one tweet and then got all defensive when someone said they could tell. That's not "being open" to me. Elaborating a little and saying that he was serious and serious about getting help would qualify as "being open" to me.
And "looking at different meetings" isn't the same as getting help. You start going. You keep going until you find one where you're comfortable. And you stop drinking. Completely.
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