At one point during her quarter-century as an alcoholic, Carol Colleran would down at least 10 beers each weeknight, more on weekends. Then she would show up the next morning at her job in hospital management, feeling fuzzy and lousy.

But she would cheerfully wander the halls greeting people — "It felt a lot better than sitting down," she says wryly — and she is sure that nobody, not even the staff at the hospital's addiction treatment center, suspected she had a drinking problem. Read More

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