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  by Ed Ostrom

  Created on: August 21, 2009   Last Updated: August 22, 2009

  Deep within the core of my being. I believe that an alcoholic cannot ever again drink socially. Many

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  by P.L. Hubble

  Created on: January 19, 2009

  Can an alcoholic ever drink again socially?

  The answer to this is a simple and emphatic no. An alcoholic

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  by Daniel Relph

  Created on: December 21, 2009

  No, that is because alcoholism is an addiction to alcohol. Addictions are when the body becomes attuned

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  by Anthony Barsulia

  Created on: January 09, 2010   Last Updated: February 26, 2010

  It is very obvious anyone who would debate this or be on the other side of this debate has never

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  by T. Lynn Wright

  Created on: August 23, 2009

  Drug addiction is a disease of the brain. It is not a failure of will or a character disorder. Alcohol,

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  by Jenny Tolley

  Created on: August 02, 2008

  I come from a long line of alcoholics. My father is one, as was his father. I have seen up close the

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  by Dawn Hawkins

  Created on: July 30, 2008   Last Updated: December 21, 2008

  An alcoholic drinking socially is akin to a child eating only one piece of candy. The chances that an

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  by S.E. Ingraham

  Created on: October 01, 2009

  If at some point in your life, you felt that your use of alcohol was causing enough of a problem that

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  by Kamille Pierog

  Created on: October 06, 2009   Last Updated: October 08, 2009

  Someone once said, "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic." Keeping this in mind it is important to

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  by Nicholas Skinnell

  Created on: August 10, 2010   Last Updated: August 12, 2010

  A personal belief of mine has always been "everything in moderation." As a twenty year old I am

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  by Cynthia Geer

  Created on: May 19, 2010   Last Updated: May 21, 2010

  Alcoholism is not a learned behaviour that can be unlearned. It is a disease that has affected the entire

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  by Laura Leigh Fields

  Created on: August 17, 2008

  Alcoholism is a disease that requires a complete lifestyle change in order for the alcoholic to live

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  by Daniel Cloud

  Created on: March 23, 2011

  By simple definition, an alcoholic is someone who "needs" alcohol to make it through life. Alcoholism

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  by Vicki Phipps

  Created on: August 01, 2008

  Asking if an alcoholic can ever drink again socially, or otherwise, would be a dangerous game to play

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  by Alexa Reese

  Created on: April 15, 2009

  In in all four editions of Alcoholics Anonymous, a.k.a. the Big Book, the authors and founders of Alcoholics

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  by King Leonidas

  Created on: December 29, 2009

  Once a person is diagnosed with alcoholism, drinking socially is all but impossible. Alcoholism is a

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  by Katherine Everett

  Created on: August 05, 2010   Last Updated: June 15, 2011

  After seeing this debate on Alcoholism I felt really strongly that the answer was no, an alcoholic cannot

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  by Ann E. Smith

  Created on: August 01, 2008   Last Updated: July 24, 2009

  Can an alcoholic ever drink again socially? If the person is a real alcoholic, and not just a heavy

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  by Marion Adams

  Created on: February 20, 2009

  After all the rehab, and visits to jail, can an alcoholic drink sociably again? No way! Drinking sociably

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  by Rachel Stockton

  Created on: August 01, 2008   Last Updated: September 24, 2008

  At the age of 37, I found out that my best friend betrayed me. For several years, said friend had kept