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Even though the alcoholic in my life has been gone for years, the disease still lingers. I’ve locked it out of the house and it sits on the front porch waiting patiently to sneak back in.
alcoholism
I’m pretty sure that picture of you and your friends taking shots of birthday cake vodka doesn’t qualify for an attached “me and my home girls are the biggest alcoholics ever” status update.
alcoholism
"But sometimes you just have to drink," people tell me. Here's my advice for how to resist -- if that's your jam.
sobriety
If you do get sober, try to have it involve things like your charity work and breathtaking acts of bravery and valor. Or sex clubs. I suppose that works, too.
kids
My house is not dry by any means. But how the hell would I deal with a sick kid in the middle of the night if I'm plastered?
alcoholism
One day I was told that if he gave up drinking he might have two years to live, the next he was in rehab, and then just a couple of weeks later the news was that he’d gone on a drinking binge and was in the hospital.
addiction
I'd been so far from feeling empowered to treat myself with kindness, that I needed two 26-year-old cops to tell me "Get off the road, fool."
alcoholism
Please explain normal drinking behavior to me, because apparently I don't get it.
addiction
At least not if you're drunk.
addiction
My mom and I have had one discussion about her drinking, a phone call my junior year of college that broke down when I started crying too hard to speak.
alcoholism
After seven months of sobriety, I downed Scope to deal with stress at the office. Never underestimate an addict.
addiction
Have you ever cried because you couldn't have an alcoholic beverage? Do you use the term "road beer"?
alcoholism
Or how I found out I'm an alcoholic.
addiction
The latest alcohol-meets-eating-disorder "trend" isn't exactly news.
alcoholism
Can we talk about peeing ourselves?
accessories
Sexy sexy sexy! Ooh, just think of the attention you’d get!