Alcoholism Articles page 5

Wilmington Morning Star - The second "o" is critical. Back in the 1960s, when London graffiti proclaimed "Clapton is God," the brilliant British guitarist was descending into a personal hell. Eric Clapton traded a heroin addiction for alcoholism, suffered disastrous love ...

Greeneville Sun - He noted that Treatment Courts did not exist when he developed a problem with alcohol abuse as a young man, but eventually got the help he needed to overcome the illness of alcoholism through a residential program. “It’s the first drink that ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Mistrust, adultery (on both sides) and Longworth's alcoholism would plague their union. Alice embarked on a lifelong intellectual journey, taking on the study of human evolution, biology, astronomy and poetry. She also became Washington's style-setter ...

Morning Call - Born in Fresno into a family with eight children, all very close in age, he recalls a young life marred by alcoholism, sexual abuse and neglect. ''We were all taken away from our mother and put into foster homes. I had to come to terms with living ...

Courier-Post - Thus far, public response has been positive, and our legislation has been endorsed by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, which cited our bill as a way to discourage underage drinking, noting that young people who begin ...

Detroit Free Press - We haven't gotten to the crazed two-bottle-a-day alcoholism and the death of the son he barely knew, Conor, whom he immortalized in a song first given to a movie about junkies. By the end of the book, he can barely be bothered to recall the last ...

American Reporter - Bob asked one of the more senior AA members to act as his "sponsor," a sober alcoholic who might have been dry for years and who knew the ropes of alcoholism. Sponsors had all been there, in the pit of alcoholism, and had themselves benefited from ...

Akron Beacon Journal - He suffered through a lengthy, epic battle with alcoholism and drug addiction. In 1991, Clapton's 4-year-old son, Conor, died after falling out of a hotel room window (inspiring one of his most popular songs, Tears in Heaven ). ''I wanted to wait ...

Tulsa World - His marriage to Boyd coincided with a long period of alcoholism, and his behavior often appears thoughtless and cruel. But Boyd, now a photographer who has exhibited her work in London and San Francisco, has left recrimination behind her. “I ...

St. Petersburg Times - Before that, his marriage had fallen apart, and he struggled with alcoholism. With nothing else left, he decided to find his brother, who he heard had been living somewhere around Brooksville. So Bell, who is in his 50s, walked from Texas to Florida ...