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In reply to the discussion: What was your low point of the pandemic? [View all]Greybnk48
(10,755 posts)29. On my read, she succumbed to alcoholism, or at the very least
daily serious heavy drinking. The article, and Paltrow seemed to try and lighten this up by mentioning bread and other carbs. But she admitted that she found herself drinking heavily on a daily basis, which is dangerous.
The fact that she said she drank some cutesy named whiskey drink, named after her grandfather is a smoke screen.
My mother used to use the same tactic. Almost a fifth a day was as an "occasional cocktail." She's mad herself unlikeable, I agree. But she's not to be envied.
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My spouse died from COVID-19 in April of 2020. It's been downhill ever since. nt
joetheman
May 2021
#27
Realizing, even as vaccinations rolled and death tolls dropped, how many morons were still out there
hatrack
May 2021
#40