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(A message I sent family on 26 April 2006.) Disease, or sin? To the best of my knowledge, the “disease theory of alcoholism” began with...

I only this week became aware of this. Wikipedia:  FOSB The article is extremely technical, but makes clear in no uncertain terms that...

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Thursday 2014-07-03. Jimmy came up to me at McDonald’s yesterday and sat down and talked about the incident.  He doesn’t say he’d been...

16:01 Saturday 2014-06-28.  [Written in the “smoke pit” at the shelter, waiting admission.] They escorted Jimmy out of here about half...

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(A message I sent family on 26 April 2006.) Disease, or sin? To the best of my knowledge, the “disease theory of alcoholism” began with...