‘Intervention’: 64-Year-Old Alcoholic Wishes Brain Damage on Her Daughter … – Huffington Post

‘Intervention’: 64-Year-Old Alcoholic Wishes Brain Damage On Her Daughter … – Huffington Post
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'Intervention': 64-Year-Old Alcoholic Wishes Brain Damage On Her Daughter
Huffington Post
"Intervention" looked at a 64-year-old alcoholic. Sandi drank gin, beer and wine several times a day to the point she'd been hospitalized over it. Doctors told her she was basically killing herself, but that didn't stop the alcoholism. In more recent

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Jews, sacred wine and rates of alcoholism – Vancouver Sun (blog)
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Vancouver Sun (blog)

Jews, sacred wine and rates of alcoholism
Vancouver Sun (blog)
Jews have a much lower rate of alcoholism than other ethnic groups. And many argue it has to do with the way Jewish children are introduced early to alcohol within a sacred context, including Friday Sabbath services and Passover. I was led to this

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Former first son Steven Ford on his own battle with alcohol – The Republic
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Former first son Steven Ford on his own battle with alcohol
The Republic
The stereotypical alcoholic was the skid-row bum, which was so wrong. Here you had a former first lady who raised her hand and said, "My name is Betty and I'm an alcoholic." It took Dad finding the right doctor who really had the courage in the late

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‘Smashed,’ latest film from Athens-own James Ponsoldt, opens at Ciné. – Online Athens
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'Smashed,' latest film from Athens-own James Ponsoldt, opens at Ciné.
Online Athens
Films often portray alcoholism through a stereotype: a greasy father in an undershirt clutching a beer and shouting from the couch — the inevitable domestic abuse just a scene or two away. Although, as evidenced by our city's nightlife, getting drunk

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