Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vellucci said he feared some of the chemicals might from dangerous compounds when mixed in the form of ice with alcohol...
Healy said that although the question had not been studied, the alcohol would probably be the most dangerous element. He did, however, agree to look into the matter...
...commission sent the club a letter earlier this month asking whether the club serves alcohol at its parties and how employees are hired, said Kevin G. Baker, the lawyer for the woman who filed the complaint...
This sounds like overstatement, and probably was. But Cheever, as he confided in another letter, believed that "interest is the first canon of aesthetics." Whatever he wrote about -- his work, his wife and children, his Labrador retrievers, his problems with alcohol and homosexuality -- he never forgot to keep his correspondent engaged and amused. Those who received his letters were lucky. This book extends the range of their good fortune...
...eight-year survey of 18,571 adults in Los Angeles, Baltimore, St. Louis, New Haven, Conn., and Durham, N.C., showed that 15% have suffered anxiety disorders, such as phobias and panic attacks. More than 8% have experienced major depression. One of every six has been dependent on drugs or alcohol, the most common problem. Says UCLA psychiatrist Marvin Karno, one of the study's researchers: "The frequency of many disorders is higher than anticipated because the majority of people never come in for treatment. They cope. They suffer...