Yeah, true. Not challenging or tossing down an argument gauntlet, but here's an other perspective, fwiw. When I was teaching in a community college department that served lower income, lower achieving adults, there was a young woman who was getting services for displaced homemakers or something like that. She was learning to protect herself, boundary issues, and all sorts of wonderful skills. I wanted to avail myself of these services, but could not -- for two reasons. One, I was "the authority figure" and well known in the community as a teacher, so could not admit to having weaknesses of the kind she had. Two, I was not in the low-income category at that time. I was by no means rich or wealthy, but had no access to these types of programs in any way. I don't know what else to say about that.

As for the mother and daughter my mother told me about, well, that was in the 1950s and I doubt anyone knew anything about what to do then. Or would do anything anyway. It was not the teachers' or the school's "place" to "interfere" in the lives of the rich patrons that sent their kids there. Plus, alcoholism was a no-no subject then -- people drank then -- A LOT -- and it was part of the overall culture. You know, power lunches on the job over martinis, etc.

But, even though I am of a privileged class, white and middle class, I am a woman so to that extent have less overall privilege. But I have the power personality to advocate for myself, and will do so to see if I can get prn.

I'm glad I started this thread about PRN. We all have so much information that the Powers don't deign to tell us about. So far, then, I've learned about Ativan. And possibly Celexa, but I still have not hear back if Celexa can be taken PRN -- I suspect not, though.