DEAR DR. GOTT: I was speaking with a group of friends earlier in the week and one girl mentioned a person suffered from wet brain and PAWS. All she admitted was that he is an alcoholic. Well, I thought I’d heard it all but this is a new one on me. Can you tell me what it’s all about? I was almost too embarrassed to ask her to explain.
DEAR READER: The average reader is aware of alcoholism and its devastating effects on the people that live with, care for, or are otherwise around the alcoholic person and we’ve all seen people who appear to drink too much. To some degree we understand the addiction but what we don’t pay enough attention to are the signs that make sobriety so difficult.
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