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DRUNK WITH LOVE
by Lida Prypchan When a normal individual (normal being the term for average, not a value judgment) gets drunk, he displays a statistically average form of behavior, called normal or simple inebriety. This is characterized by a change in mood (which becomes expansive or, less frequently, depressed), behavior, attention, and in motor function. It has …
MALE AND FEMALE ALCOHOLISM
by Lida Prypchan When a woman gets drunk, she tends to hide herself away, to be ashamed of herself. A man on the other hand, for social reasons, boasts about it. The alcoholic female drinks alone, the male tends more to meet up with friends and only to become captive to the addiction when it …
THERE ARE ALCOHOLICS AND THEN THERE ARE ALCOHOLICS
by Lida Prypchan “All we know of happiness is the word itself. Our oldest companion is new wine. Caress with your eyes and clasp in your fingers the only good thing that never fails: the living amphora of the blood of the grapevine.” (Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat) Unquestionably there are alcoholics and then there …
ALCOHOLIC HALLUCINOSIS
by Lida Prypchan Very rare in its pure form, alcoholic hallucinosis, also known as hallucinatory paranoia and chronic alcoholic delirium, characteristically exhibits auditory hallucinations which generate delusions of persecution, while retaining clarity of the senses without impairment. It differs from delirium tremens in the predominance of auditory and tactile hallucinations and clarity of consciousness; in …
AMONG ALCOHOLICS AND PSYCHOPATHS
by Lida Prypchan “Since you do not know what tomorrow will bring, try to be happy today. Take a pitcher of wine, sit in the moonlight and drink it, reflecting that maybe tomorrow will be better.” (Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat) There are two dominant psychological types of alcoholic. There is the sensitive type, who feels inferior …
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