Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...room has begun to pall, if you're afraid (rightfully so) of drinking alone, or if you want to impress somebody that you dare not invite to your room, a bar is a good escape. Some bars are even such friendly places that they (and not the alcohol) become addicting, so even a snot-nosed Harvard student can become a regular...
...little down on it because when I went there to celebrate Hank Aaron's 715th home run, I was served a weak scotch-on-the-rocks. In my innocence, I did not know such a thing was possible, but this drink was pretty pathetic. I nursed the alcohol along for a good five minutes (quite an accomplishment) but it took me another half an hour to finish...
...others still it has published a literary magazine. The Plough and the Stars is definitely fascinating, and well worth a visit. It will offer Guiness, Bass Charrington and other British Isless beers, ales and stouts, though they are expensive. Cheaper hard liquor is available, as is cheaper soft alcohol. The clientele is varied, and sometimes some friction develops between the factions, but so what...
...place seems to attract a lot of townies, but maybe some of those people are freshmen (it is close to the Yard) and I can't tell the difference. It is routine to be carded here, at least on weekends. This place provides live entertainment, beer and more potent alcohol, and little else. There is no atmosphere, only noise, and the only interesting thing I ever saw there was this girl who looked utterly miserable and was drinking alone. Somehow or another, the Oxford Ale House seems out of place in Cambridge, at least as out of place as Yale...
After attending a Bade County alcohol rehabilitation center for the past three months, Barbara is sober and plans to remain that way. She fears, however, that her drinking may have permanently hurt her children. "They remember my wine-drinking days when I'd throw up in their wastebasket. Now if they see me drinking a Coke, my older girl will come over and taste it and then reassure the younger...