"Her family and other friends have tried everything to help her, but at this point, we're helpless. As long as she has access to meds, she's going to continue taking them."

If this turns out to be true, I'd like to know what kind of physician prescribes these sorts of drugs to a self-confessed addict. Benzodiazepines are insanely addictive. And as far as I know, most drug treatment approaches don't allow drinking when someone is in recovery for being an addict — nor do they think it's a…

Whoops, my bad. You're right, there are AKC affiliated rescue organizations. I just did the idiot dance there.

Oh good grief. I've had both purebred dogs — two Burnese Mountain dogs who were retired show dogs — and numerous mutts over the years. You know the difference between them in terms of love and affection? None. They were all amazing animals with their own personalities.

yeah, gobsmacked.

Oh, I've no doubt that there are men who are wicked accurate, but based on personal experience and in chatting with women friends (some of whom have been in the house cleaning business) they all said that there are a lot of men out there with really unfortunate aim. And my guess is that there might be a whole host of…

Uhm, trust me, men do not have a 90% accuracy rate. Not even close.

You don't get rid of it. Once it's in your brain, it's almost impossible to remove. It's discussed in the original article.

Damn near every day I feel exactly the same.

Ow. Ambivalence in a cat isn't good.

She's a rainbow.

I remember there being articles in the late '70s and early '80s about the rising incident of anorexia (when anorexia awareness was still fairly new) in the ballet world. That anyone is getting fired for stating this reality just shows how entrenched the thin-is-everything mentality is.

News flash. Some of us have had abortions that we look back upon with nothing but an enormous sense of relief. My life has had not one iota of negative impact from having had an abortion at 20.

I think she used what she had to the very best of her abilities. She wasn't the brightest penny in the pocket, but you know, smart people get hooked on drugs all. the. time. Smart people make crap decisions for themselves all.the.time. And plenty of smart people get taken advantage of by hustlers and con men.

The ladymags are moribund. They're selling this insane upper-crust lifestyle that virtually no one can achieve. ($600 for a pair of pants that will be out of style next year. Yeah, no thanks.) Fashion is obsessed with retreading styles over giving us something new. And the new stuff, a lot of it is crap.

Oh, this! My in-laws are/were very involved with the Reading Reform Foundation. i'd be willing to bet they wouldn't turn down a dime of donated money — no mater where it came from. If the NEA wasn't making a stink about this, no one would know. (I'm pretty sure the kids were just happy someone came to read to…

This. But also, she is perpetually locked as young and beautiful. She doesn't have the bad taste to age and become infirm.

Oh, I agree completely. But that whole "I'm a damaged bird, protect me" mentality that appeals to a lot of women. Why? I don't know. As I said in another post, I'd choose Carole Lombard or Bette Davis as my examples of aspirational women.

And can we please stop mythologizing and romanticizing junkies? Fuck me. Talk about something that's been played out.

How can you not like women who were so hilarious? And I agree about Barbara Stanwyck. "Ball of Fire" is one of my favorite movies. (I also adore the remake "A Song Is Born" with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo.)