Tag: Alcohol
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Finding a voice: Poetry and images
Donald RoachOmaha, Nebraska, USA Poet’s statement This poem was created out of a life of childhood abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, desperation, and recovery, enabling me to rediscover a life worth living, an affirmation of the human person, and a newfound face. Sober eyesYou know there was a timeWhen I was in a dark placeThere…
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Uncle and nephew: Alcohol-related dementia
Sergei JarginMoscow, Russia This essay is a composite of several stories published by different authors on the subject of alcohol induced dementia. It concerns two men, an uncle and his nephew. The uncle was more muscular than the nephew. The nephew had started binge drinking at the age of twelve and had obviously damaged his…