I READ NEW YORK TIMES TOO

Susan Cheever is the author of several books, including "My Name Is Bill," a biography of one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, "Note Found in a Bottle" and the latest, "Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction."

wait hang on I thought everybody who ever got drunk was a powerless alcoholic could this not be the case?

2. December 15, 2008 11:20 pm Link

“That dinner party was almost 10 years ago; it was the last time I saw anyone visibly drunk at a New York party.”

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On the other hand, I’ve been to a lot of New York parties and I can say with certainty: no, people are in fact still drinking.
— a curious reader

curious reader otm

NYT blogger not writing about people on ILX shocker

I think that article has to be understood as something written by somebody in recovery who is no longer an alcoholic. They have my sympathy as that is a struggle, but it seems to also produce exactly the all-or-nothing stance it purports to describe but actually advocates for.

oh, when you and your peers get older they stop drinking so heavily and acting the fool in public? you don't say.

there is no one funneling nor passing out w/puke all over themselves at the parties i go to anymore - must be out of style

the older i get, the drunker i get

when's the last time you seen a man shotgun a beer and chase it with whisky? people don't even DRINK beer anymore!

new york society is in the gutter, it's true

some guys were shotgunning beers at a party i attended a couple weeks ago but they were just trying to be funny

you are not the kind of guy who would drink like this at this time of the evening. but here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, as though the details are crystal clear.

my good buddy that just turned 41 shot gunning a beer this past spring

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jaxon u need to write this nytimes lady a blog comment stat

i love it:
http://international.nytimes.com

international new york tribune

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Those “how this famous person spends their Sunday” articles are comedic gold. They’re clearly fiction right?