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Linda Fang, Chair
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Attorneys and Alcohol Abuse
What an honest and generous piece of writing by Gail Ragen on attorneys and alcohol
abuse [“Attorneys and Alcohol Abuse: A
Personal Recovery Story,” SEPT 2016
NWLawyer]. I remember as a law student going toe-to-toe with the big firm partner at
the call-back dinner — drinking grappa at
a fancy New York restaurant. I remember
trying to get to the cab without my legs
buckling from under me. I got the job. I
remember passing the bar exam and being
met with shots to drink by another partner.
I remember the booze-soaked firm retreat
at the Four Seasons — laughing at my fellow associate dancing drunk in the hotel
fountain. These events were a minefield.
Twenty years later, not much has changed,
as I watched another attorney vomit up a
bottle of Pinot Grigio in a well-appointed
hotel room. The problem is out in the open,
but the solution seems to be a secret.
Eva Luchini, Vancouver, WA