Word: alcoholism
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While some undergraduates turned to alcohol as a way to dull the intensity of Harvard’s climate, Clarel preferred to organize group outings into Boston, experimenting with new cultures and new cuisines. In fact, he loved nothing more than lively conversation around a dinner table: the cheerful banter of friends, punctuated with moments of deep insight. This, too, was the music he enjoyed...
...think there's anyone in Russia who doesn't know what a drunk person looks like.' KATYA KUSHNER, one of 100 airline passengers who signed a petition claiming that an Aeroflot pilot was intoxicated before takeoff; the Russian airline claims the pilot's blood tested negative for alcohol...
...dinner for two, with wine, comes to about $100 a head. That makes the Wind Chime terribly expensive by the standards of Bandung, but a real steal if you're used to prices in Jakarta, where something similar would cost at least double, and that's without the alcohol. File under "hidden gems...
Nursing homes, domestic-violence shelters and alcohol- and drug-treatment centers are closing. "Once these things, these agencies, close, even if you turn the money back on, they don't spring back up," says Radogno. "They're gone, and we're damaging the human services infrastructure in the state." The cash flow at free clinics is drying up. And to make matters worse, the state's credit rating is sinking - and there hasn't been a balanced budget in years. As a result, the state has had to take out emergency loans to cover the deficit, and those payments - amounting...
About 1 in 5 people with alcohol dependence stop drinking without any treatment, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the field guide mental-health professionals use to diagnose illnesses. That means we have to figure out a way to help the 80% who won't get better through willpower. The latest evidence suggests that those who think that spirituality or a pill alone can save them are wrong. The answer almost certainly lies deeper inside ourselves...