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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 399535" data-attributes="member: 46">Gary knows that Sue Ellen is an alcoholic. Gary is a non-functioning alcoholic who has to get on the wagon and stay there or he'll soon hit rock bottom, whereas Sue Ellen is one of those self-denial alcoholics who will resist admitting that she has a problem. She blasted Gary about this in one of the Dallas episodes, saying "stop preaching at me". Digger is another different type of alcoholic, a functioning one who knows what he is, can sometimes stop drinking to see his family and get some work so he can get some more money to later go back to drinking again.I can see why Valene doesn't think too much of Sue Ellen. Valene's personality is to learn from every setback in her life and fight back harder, while Sue Ellen goes the other way, either into a depression or into a bottle. Sue Ellen's instinct is self-destruction when she's down.</blockquote>