Boris and Gazza: the brothers in booze who suffer in public

Article Abstract:

There has been extensive media coverage of the impact of alcoholism on Russian President Boris Yeltsin and footballer Paul Gascoigne. Most of this coverage has been mocking and patronizing, ignoring the fact that both men have fallen victim to a disease that can be fatal. Many men and women manage to shake off alcoholism, even in its later stages, but there are also many who do not and who have their spirit destroyed by alcoholism. Trying to escape alcoholism begins as a physical battle, but turns into a spiritual journey.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Yeltsin, Boris, Alcoholism, Alcoholism treatment, Gascoigne, Paul

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Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the deaths of men

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Poet, short-story writer and essayist Raymond Carver, who died in 1988, was one of the leading figures in contemporary American literature. His life was deeply affected by alcoholism, and his short fiction and poems offer some of the best writing anywhere about this disease. His writing is very direct, but does not assail the reader in a negative way. Towards the end of his life, he found a sense of inner peace, but did not forget the world in which he had been living earlier.

Influence, Poets, Carver, Raymond

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