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Addiction & Recovery

Mike 03

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5. I think it was the writer John Cheever, who himself was a serious

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Nov 7, 2020, 11:34 AM

Nov 2020

alcoholic (one of my writing teachers was a student of his, and had some mind-blowing stories about Cheever's drinking, including one where he left his home to teach wearing no clothes) used to say that he could "spot a glass of sherry in a paragraph", meaning he could tell by reading the writing of others whether they were writing under the influence of alcohol.

I bring this up because of some of the posts we've all seen this week.

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Anyone else (besides me) bothered by the many posts ... [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 OP

As someone who used booze as a crutch and a sedative, yes. liberalmuse Nov 2020 #1

Roadside ditches across rural 'Murika... luv2fly Nov 2020 #2

Agree completely! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #3

No, their business, they maybe normies irisblue Nov 2020 #4

I think it was the writer John Cheever, who himself was a serious Mike 03 Nov 2020 #5

It doesn't bother me. Lots of people can drink responsibly JDC Nov 2020 #6

No. /nt progree Nov 2020 #7

Not really. A couple of years ago I'd use it as an excuse to drink even more than usual. bif Nov 2020 #8