Alcoholism

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  • A reply to my critics

    The author of "My Name Is George, and I'm an Alcoholic" clarifies his views.
  • Drinking was something maybe I did too much of ...

    What if our president gave a recovery speech on his 15th anniversary of quitting drinking? On the other hand, maybe not such a good idea.
  • The plastered paterfamilias

    My father was a drunk -- but he was a great dad anyway. If I'm in denial, I plan to stay there.
  • The first family's alcohol troubles

    President Bush downplayed his own drinking problem and hid a DUI. Now his daughters are making news for underage drinking. Is there a connection?
  • Is it Jenna Bush's problem or ours?

    Adolescent psychiatrist Lynn Ponton analyzes the first daughter's "age-appropriate" behavior.
  • Goddess in a girdle

    Evelyn Ryan, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," has delivered me from the evil of lousy mothering manuals.
  • Hard-to-swallow soup for a kid's soul

    Should I tell my sons about the drugs, the drinking and the jail in Daytona?
  • Crashing and burning

    By Caroline Knapp
  • Whining about wine labels

    If the government can assert the health benefits of fermented grapes, why can't viticulturists tout them?
  • Drunk Boy vs. Eugene O'Neill

    In a booze-besotted Broadway battle, a trendy young MTV baby with a bad bleach job takes on "A Moon for the Misbegotten."
  • Confessions of an awards whore

    I sneered at the whole cheesy routine until I was nominated for one. Was I thrilled? I was Sally Field squared.
  • Closet case

    My female lover left her husband for me, but she won't tell her children she's a lesbian. Should I wait for her to come around?
  • The real Bush drug scandal

    Texas Gov. George W. Bush has presided over a crackdown on first-time drug offenders from poor neighborhoods like Houston's Third Ward Bottoms.
  • "All the Wrong Men and One Perfect Boy"

    Online confession queen Spike Gillespie dishes on bad boys and reveals her true love -- her son.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Camille Paglia misses point of Kennedy saga; sleeping through "Eyes Wide Shut"; college stripper made the wrong choice.
  • Y'all take care now

    30,000 feet above Jackson, Miss., I came to believe it was time to start a novel.
  • Drunk like me

    My last drink of tequila came on Easter -- resurrection day.
  • My Name is Joe

    British filmmaker Ken Loach returns to working-class Glasgow in his dark masterpiece 'My Name is Joe'
  • Momcat

  • My Advent adventure

    It's not that she doesn't have a lot of faith that God will heal us. It's just that she also has a lot of mental problems. And she wants to fix them now.
  • Seven deadly sins: Myths of bingeing

    Recent studies on the prevalence of binge drinking among college students tar all college tipplers with the same hyperbolic brush
  • Cracking down

    Barbara Harris pays addicted mothers $200 not to have children -- ever again.
  • Cracking down

    Barbara Harris pays addicted mothers $200 not to have children -- ever again.
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