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Are writers more prone to alcoholism?

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Improvisational art forms, like jazz, are highly dependent on a "flow" of creative production. In my experience, this flow is best when it arrives spontaneously. As a poet I've arranged my life so as to be able to capture and extend these flows when they come, and they can come at strange times. read more

Writers are prone to glamorize alcoholism. In addition, they tend to set their own hours, which makes it a bit easier to"hide" heavy drinking than it is for people who have to show up at an office. Plenty of writers have discovered they create more, and better, work, when they do not drink, than when they do. read more

Behind the Thomas story, though, is an older myth, that poetry and alcohol go together, as complementary means to achieve transcendence:"The excitement of alcohol and the excitement of fantasy are very similar," John Cheever said. read more

A recent study from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that about 20% of alcoholics are high functioning and well-educated. Prescription medication addiction is rising in many circles, the C-suite among them. read more

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