Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> There is an interesting book titled something like "The History of > Alcoholism". The author paints a very unflattering picture of famous > alcoholics in history whose lives (and deeds) were devastated by their > inability to control their drinking which, in turn, destroyed their > self-image. Everyone on my mother's side of the family (except my mother) > is/was an alcoholic, as was my brother. It destroyed them all, though they > were all the life of the party before dying. I believe that a good > percentage > of my students are suffering from the effects of having a mother who was > hammered throughout her pregnancy. Cognitive problems and behavioral > problems > that don't seem to be related to "nurture" after they were born. > > Jeffery In "1984" he referred to "Soma" and that seemed to me to be Metaphore for the official state drug of the world known as alcohol. Put them all to sleep. Maybe it was Brave New World I kind of combine them. Maybe it was THE WARLORD OF MARS . [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner