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Am I An Alcoholic in the News

Plans for Fort Smith Brewery On Tap
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“True Grit” country, Fort Smith specifically, may be getting its own microbrewery, if a man named Arthur A. Didion finds success. Didion filed last month with the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for a permit to brew beer. He told us that …
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Drunken grandmother admits neglect after falling asleep while babysitting two …
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Parker telephoned the police at 8.20am and told them: "I have been left with two children that aren't mine." She was wondering why her daughter had not returned to collect them. "She is an alcoholic and she got herself wound up and stressed and this …
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Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 16
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Alcoholics Recovery in the News

Community Calendar — Sunday, Feb. 16
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Alcoholics Anonymous closed 12-step study, 6 p.m., John W. Clem Recovery House, 8044 Dairy Lane, Athens. Free dinner, 5:30 p.m., Athens Church of Christ, 785 W. Union St. Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book Study, 7 p.m., McArthur Presbyterian Church, …
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Calendar for Sunday
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Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Grimes St. Joseph Health Center activity room. 450-1750 or 936-662-0825. … NAMI Brazos Valley Peer Recovery Support Group, 6:30 to 8 p.m. 1713 Broadmoor Drive, suites 100 – 104, Bryan. National Alliance on …
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Cheap Crack Pipes, Free Heroin, and Free Booze: The Evidence for Helping …
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… for HIV prevention to providing heroin to addicts, and from supervised injecting rooms to “wet houses” where homeless alcoholics are given free booze, approaches that seem to “enable” users are in fact effective in helping them to survive and recover.
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Alcoholic Support in the News

Tennesseans open to allowing medical marijuana use
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The poll also found a solid 64 percent majority of state residents oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally; and 52 percent support forbidding the enforcement in Tennessee of federal-level firearms laws and leaving firearms regulated …
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Florida school voucher program finds an ally
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Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is building support for a proposed expansion of the tax credit scholarship program, which provides private-school scholarships to about 60,000 low-income children in Florida. The proposal would enable corporate donors to …
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How Do You Help An Alcoholic in the News

Magid: Those addicted to digital games have other problems
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Sure, it will prevent others from spending an enormous amount of time using that particular game, but curing so-called gaming addiction by deleting one game would be like trying to cure alcoholism by taking a particular brand of whiskey off the market …
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Barbara Walters is sorry for saying everyone knew Elizabeth Vargas was alcoholic
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Vargas admits she still has the urge to drink sometimes but is glad she got help for the sake of her sons, ages seven and 10. Elizabeth, who's a part of Alcoholics Anonymous, said she still feels crippling anxiety at times, but has come to realize it's …
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Alcoholic Meetings in the News

Voters amp up questions at candidate forum
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Graham, Drake and Johnson also called for more accountability with Drake calling for monthly meetings to assess finances. Lapham said the problems were in communications and personalities. “We could have seen it coming if we all got along,” … Calling …
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News Briefs
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Come and find out at the next Caregivers Connection meeting, when Delfina McKee will share what she learned as she cared for her mother and mother-in-law until they passed away. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on February 24 in room C5 at …
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What Is Alcoholic in the News

John Boehner On Leno: 'I Am A Huge Alcoholic' Probably
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Here is your Speaker of the House John Boehner charming Jay Leno to pieces Thursday. The biggest news is that he is very definitely naturally that shade of orange, he says, and he also acknowledges that his name kindasorta sounds like Boner. And being …
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Md. Senate Passes Bill Banning Alcoholic Products 190 Proof or Higher
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A controversial bill banning any alcoholic products 190 proof and over passed in the Maryland Senate Wednesday with a 37-10 vote. "Other products are more expensive. It takes more money to get as drunk, and young people are price …
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Alcoholic jailed for fatal bashing
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