Recent content by JaJa

Agreed. On all points

"Problem drinking" is not a clinical term and most people do use it to describe people with alcohol dependency issues. I do not think anyone on this Board said that the majority of people with DUIs or DWIs are alcoholics -- there are likely tons of young kids who drive while drunk after a night...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2855219/ "Individuals with two or more DUIs exhibited greater severity of alcohol dependence than those with none or one DUI"

"Persons who drink and drive often suffer from addictions, but addiction provides a better explanation of drinking and driving than it does of the probability of experiencing an arrest for DUI."

Not so. I know people often say this but the actual scientific data says otherwise. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3976702/ " Most consistent relationships were between substance use and alcohol addiction and dependent variables for (1) binge drinking and (2) DUI episodes."

For sure. But there is deliberate evil behavior and then there is behavior which results in great evil being done but has no evil intent. Alcoholics are out of control and need help. I see both sides of this. Which is not to say there should be no consequences for Mary Lou. There should be.

thank you Passion!!!

Maybe a little compassion? Alcoholism is a terrible disease which people struggle with throughout their entire lives. I am no fan of hers but this is just a sad situation.

in the 1950s pope pius XII wrote in an Encyclical that there was no contradiction between Evolution and Church doctrine. In the 90 s Pope John Paul II in a “Message” delivered to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences said that evolution was “more than an hypothesis”. And yes, Evolution is of...

By itself that is not necessarily a problem though. A lot of very good private schools have teachers that are not licensed or certified, but who are VERY well educated in the fields they teach and are in fact good teachers.

I am especially excited for Hezly. Her Olympic experience had to be so anticlimactic. She deserves a real shot at competition.

[/MEDIA] They can just put a period after the word "Queen"

Why do we use the term "healthy" when we really mean "uninjured"?

Simone looks great. Her husband . . . . not so much

Now wait a minute! Lawyers fouling things up??