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RIVERSIDE: Encounters show complexity of helping homeless
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At a community meeting in late January, about a dozen people who live near La Sierra Park in Riverside clamored for solutions to homeless people who the residents said frighten them and cause trouble at the park with drug use, panhandling and alcoholism.
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Kenyan county wants sex offenders castrated
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It is not only against children, but also against the disabled, the aged and domesticated animals," he said, blaming alcoholism and unemployment for the problem. "The offenders are taking advantage of the leniency of the Kenyan courts," he added …
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Beyond the Costas
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Question by MoMo: How to approach my closet alcoholic roommate…?
I’m a 23 year old female and live with 2 of my closet guy friends who are also 23. We all work in a bar, and granted to drink more than is healthy for us, a few beers or glasses of wine most days during the week. But it has never seemed like something abnormal especially considering our age and occupation. None of us plan on working at a bar for the rest of our lives and hope to get out of the small town that we grew up in. Anyways a few months ago my friend Jim and I started to notice that Henry was starting to drink more than usual and would often have unexplained trips to his car in the front yard. Last week we heard him pull up after work around midnight, and he didn’t stroll into the house until about 15 minutes later, completely out of it and obviously wasted. It worried us that first of all he drove, but secondly that he didn’t have much time after work to get drunk so we figured he was drinking alone in his car. The next morning the boys woke up really early for some manual labor, Henry went out to the car with a cup of cranberry juice and came back slurring his words and the cup was gone. After the boys left I cruised by his car and saw an empty pint of cheap vodka in the back seat.

Question by Harry: What defines an alcoholic?
Honestly I don’t know. I’ve only been wasted and passed out twice in my life but for the past week I’ve been drinking every night (vodka and rum if that’s important) till I get tipsy and start doing things that I regret in the morning. But I feel that I have to drink to mask the events in my life and it’s the only time that I actually enjoy my life. I’m not sure if I’m alcohol dependant but I don’t really know anything right now. I do remember all the things I do so it’s not extreme but I really do make stupid decisions and text the wrong things. All day today I’ve been thinking about drinking tonight just so that I can forget the things I did last night and I know it feels bad and I do believe that I may be starting to have a problem so now I don’t even know if this is a question.
But if you do think I drink too much what are your tips?

Viewpoint: Alcoholism can hit close to home – The Baylor Lariat
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The Baylor Lariat

Viewpoint: Alcoholism can hit close to home The Baylor Lariat College alcoholism is anchored in the powerful illusion of the attractive drunk — the young college student with a bit of money in his pocket, little responsibility and a selfish recklessness that appears as a zest for life. His cavalier attitude and …

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Control alcohol abuse by seniors – Wonder Woman
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Wonder Woman

Control alcohol abuse by seniors Wonder Woman It may come as a shock to you, but alcohol abuse is on the rise among seniors. Blame it on the changing demography, social attitude and family structure, as well as longevity, because of which a significant number of older couples are living on their own. and more »

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Question by Avsky: Is one an alcoholic if he/she can go for a couple of days without alcohol?

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Answer by wil petal
Is this question for yourself or someone you care about. I think it really deends on whether alcohol is controlling their life rather than them having a drink every day or so, depends on the persons behaviour and how they react with no alcohol, and the liits to which they drink and would go to for a drink. Check out alcoholics annymous, they have alot of info for families as well.

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Life-long East Sider finds peace in a paintbrush
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Her father was an alcoholic, and she lost one brother to suicide. Her other brother drank himself to death on Christmas Eve about 13 years ago. Now in her sixties, she's spent much of her adult life without her immediate family. “All my life has been …
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