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Women Hide Liquor on Skid Row as Public Drinking Shunned
A study of homeless drinkers on Skid Row shows women drink in private, avoiding crowds and bars. They shelter in parks and libraries with brown paper bags, sipping when unseen, while male peers socialize publicly. Affected women narrate long histories of sobriety efforts and counseling by ex-alcoholics at a center emphasizing talk therapy.
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New York
Gerald R. Garrett
University of Massachusetts At Boston
Howard M. Bahr
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Garrett and
Bahr
Miss R
Alcoholics Anonymous