Alcohol - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/alcohol/?source=rss&aim=alcohol en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT Why is it bad to smoke weed and OK to sell beer? By David Sirota Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/23/marijuana/index.html?source=rss Michael Phelps smoked a bong, Lance Armstrong is pushing alcohol. Why is Phelps the bad guy? I'm sober and dating a drinker By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/dating_a_drinker/index.html?source=rss She was once in the program but says she's got no problem. Can that be true? Do women need to get drunk to have sex? By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/24/drunk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/24/drunk/index.html?source=rss Another depressing study on alcohol and the ladies "How could she?" Well, I have a theory By Susan Cheever Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/12/diane_schuler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/12/diane_schuler/index.html?source=rss Drunk-driving mom Diane Schuler's tale is tragic, but her behavior is more understandable than we'd like to admit Get me girl-drink drunk! By Sarah Hepola Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/23/summer_drinks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/23/summer_drinks/index.html?source=rss Top mixologists update the classic summer concoction for a sophisticated craft cocktail age. Can the brewmaster and the alcoholic be friends? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/19/brewmaster_and_alcoholic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/19/brewmaster_and_alcoholic/index.html?source=rss I like this woman-in-sobriety a lot -- but I also love to brew beer! My dad, the surgeon, is drinking By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/12/drinking_surgeon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/12/drinking_surgeon/index.html?source=rss He's hiding drinks and breaking things, and I don't know what to say He binge-drinks -- but never in the U.S.! By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/10/binge_drinking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/10/binge_drinking/index.html?source=rss He says he doesn't drink, but gets comatose when he travels I got canned for being drunk By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/07/canned_for_drinking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/07/canned_for_drinking/index.html?source=rss It's two years later, I've been to rehab, but what do I say in the job interview? Is it too early to quit? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/23/too_early_to_quit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/23/too_early_to_quit/index.html?source=rss Do I have to be near death before I stop drinking? I'm so boring I've started drinking! By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/22/life_force/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/22/life_force/index.html?source=rss It doesn't make me fascinating, but it does alleviate the tedium. My boyfriend's an alcoholic -- should I leave him? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/20/addict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/20/addict/index.html?source=rss Things are getting worse and worse, but sober he's such a great guy! Scoring with the drunk chick By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/13/magical_drinking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/13/magical_drinking/index.html?source=rss Yet another reason to be disturbed by that controversial sex scene in "Observe and Report." Mom is alcoholic, Dad is dead: Why do I feel so alone? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/10/alcoholic_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/10/alcoholic_mom/index.html?source=rss I knew I had to leave home to make my own life, but my past seems to follow me everywhere. His money allowed him to deny he's an alcoholic By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/07/drunk_friend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/01/07/drunk_friend/index.html?source=rss Having lost his job, my best friend needs to hear the truth. Alone in South Africa with a drunken husband By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/05/south_africa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/05/south_africa/index.html?source=rss I left the U.S. when I got married and now, with three grown children at home, I feel torn. The United States of cheap beer By Salon staff Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/cheap_beer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/cheap_beer/index.html?source=rss From Stroh's to Shiner Bock, from Hamm's to Hudepohl, Salon brings you an incomplete, biased guide to this great piss-beer nation. The rise and fall of an American beer By Edward McClelland Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/07/17/budweiser/index.html?source=rss Before it was bought by Belgium's InBev, Budweiser trampled local breweries across this land. Who's crying in their (piss) beer now? I've been passing out drunk and it's getting worse By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/10/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/10/alcoholism/index.html?source=rss I can stay sober for a few weeks, but then have another attack. I'm starting to be truly afraid. My whole family is alcoholic. How to protect the kids? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/12/alcoholic_family/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/12/alcoholic_family/index.html?source=rss My mom says she won't drink when she's around them, but then she'll have a beer. The Cedric Benson Index By King Kaufman Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/2008/06/10/benson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/2008/06/10/benson/index.html?source=rss The Chicago Bears waive the underachieving running back after his second alcohol arrest in five weeks. Could I quit the drinking but keep the hangovers? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/04/hangovers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/03/04/hangovers/index.html?source=rss I may be crazy but I like that next-day feeling, as if I'm getting a fresh new start. Everything you know about absinthe is wrong By Sarah Hepola Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/12/21/absinthe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/12/21/absinthe/index.html?source=rss Banned for a century for inspiring madness and murder, absinthe is legal again. So pour yourself a glass and get to know the real Green Fairy. How to explain my husband to my kids? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/12/06/talking_to_kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/12/06/talking_to_kids/index.html?source=rss Their father has some issues. What should I say? "30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night" By Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/05/facebook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/05/facebook/index.html?source=rss A Facebook group celebrates photos of drunken girls vomiting on themselves and passed out in bushes.