Sobriety story from Ann Landers letters on drinking
A reader shares past DUIs and jail, now seven months sober at 34. Counseling AA and support helped, with childhood abuse cited as a factor. The letter urges acceptance of alcoholism as disease and emphasizes peace of mind over drink. A second reader warns teens about peer pressure and “just a beer” danger, suggesting reporting drunk driving to protect others.
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Ann Landers
Alaska
Lisa
Vermont
Long Island
Rose Mula
Andover
Mass
Rose
Shirley
Shirley Temple
L. F
Kew Gardens
N.Y
L.F
Treat pinecones with cinnamon for holiday scent
A reader asks for a cinnamon treatment for pinecones. Heloise suggests sealing pinecones in a bag with a few drops of cinnamon oil for 24 hours, then placing them in a basket. Reapply fragrance later as needed to keep a fresh holiday aroma in the home.
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Heloise
Michigan
Heloise P.O
San Antonio
Retinitis pigmentosa overview and guidance
Dr Donohue explains retinitis pigmentosa a common inherited eye disease affecting over 100000 in North America. It often begins with night vision problems and tunnel vision advancing to central loss, with clumps of pigment seen in the retina. Vitamin A has potential to slow progression. safety and efficacy pending. Low vision clinics aid adaptation. contact the Foundation Fighting Blindness at 888 665 9010.
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DR. Donohue
C.R
Foundation
CROSSWORD By Eugene Sheffer Across 1 Blasphemous 4 Spry 9 The maider 12 Coffee vessel 13 Imbed 14 Freight weight 15 Right 17 Moreover 18 in need updating 19 Rubble 21 Applies wallpaper. 24 Go like Columbus 25 Same old same old 26 Weep 28 Paycheck whic 31 Louis XIV's self-con parison 33 Land of 35 Same NCOs 36 He made his mark! 38 Charlotte's Creation 40 With it Star Wars group 43 Attractive 45 Short vis 47 Intention 48 Arbor hal Upsea coffee shop 'Wish undone 55 Rich cake 56 Lubricate 57 Burro 58 Helveti 59 Snoop le ran
The puzzle presents scattered entries and garbled words from a Eugene Sheffer crossword. Across clues list partial terms such as Spry and Right, with many letters missing or misprinted like Blaspi mous and imbed. Down clues appear interwoven, including references to Van Gogh, Jurassic Park, and The View panelists, but fragments hinder full solution. The overall page shows a densely packed crossword with numerous typographical errors complicating answers.
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Columbu
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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Paul Donohue
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Charlotte's Creation
Attractive
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Intention
Upsea Coffee Shop
Wish Undone
Helveti
van Gogh
Lyricist Gershwin
Britain
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Rlay Twe
Jou
Stibe
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Mike
Reed
THE
Famil Circus
Billy
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Eith
Garfield
Uuts
Beetle Bailey
Baby Blues
Seeneae
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