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High- Functioning, But Still Alcoholics


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- 216 days ago - nytimes.com
Sarah Allen Benton is hardly your stereotypical alcoholic. She has a master of science degree from Northeastern University and is a licensed mental health counselor at Emmanuel College in Boston. In recovery from alcoholism for the last five years,....
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Locan Sleeping-Squirrel (89)
Thursday May 7, 2009, 10:41 pm
“It’s not the number of drinks that defines an alcoholic,” Ms. Benton said. “It’s what happens to you when you’re drinking.”
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