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Despite his flair for writing uplifting anthemic songs, he was plagued by alcoholism and depression and took his own life in 2001.—
Brett Milano,
Boston Herald,
15 June 2025 -
Dear Eric: My sister suffers from alcoholism and drug addiction from way back.—
Eric Thomas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Not the years battling post-traumatic stress disorder or addiction.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
24 June 2025
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In Twin Peaks, Deputy Chief Hawk and Sheriff Frank Truman—filling in for ailing brother Frank—work on following a lead phoned in by an ailing Log Lady, while Richard Horne, son of Audrey Horne and Cooper’s evil double, spiraling into depravity and addiction, kills a child in a hit-and-run.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
20 June 2025
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“Morphinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphinism. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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