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Article: FINE LINE SEPARTES ALCOHOLIC, DRUG ADDICT

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October 23, 1999
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Write to Dr. Robert Wallace, a Gary native, in care of the Post-Tribune, 1065 Broadway, Gary, IN 46402.

Dr. Wallace - My father drinks more than he should and I'm doing my best to get him to cut down on his alcohol intake or quit altogether. Yesterday, I got upset with him and called him a drug addict. He really got mad and told me that calling him a drug addict was disrespectful and totally wrong.

It's true that alcohol is a drug. And it's true that my father is addicted to alcohol (at least he drinks too much), so therefore he is addicted to drugs. Am I right? -Angie, Newark, N.J.

Angie - You are to be commended for ...

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