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Tue 09 Sep 2010A moment of clarity?
A groundbreaking Dutch centre that provides beer rations could be the salvation of chronic alcoholics, writes ISABEL CONWAY
IT IS only 11am, but already Cora, a friendly, attractive woman in a colourful top and tight trousers, has downed two half-litres of beer and is thinking about her third glass. A chronic alcoholic who lost her home and contact with her family, and was roaming the streets, she proudly tells how her intake of alcohol has been reduced, and her dependency on spirits to get through the day has also gone down.
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