Show I Mom enabling boozer son By Kathy Mitchell & Creators Syndicate Inc DEAR ANNIE: I have an issue with my live-i- n friend's mother ” Brett's" mom comes for dinner once a week Thai's fine but Brett was arrested for his third DUI iast summer and now he has no driver's license Tonight after dinner his mother took him to the store to buy wine and a of beer This isn't the find time She once came over at pin in her pajamas to olT a bar at him drop Brett is on probation for two years and isn't supposed to be drinking at all He takes tage of his mother and she lets him Yet she repeatedly calls me and complains that she w ishcs he would grow up I am not sure if she is an enabler or if she simply cannot say no to him What can I do? — No Booze in Michigan DEAR BOOZE: Arc you willing to call the police and notify them that Brett is violating his probation? Can ou talk to his mother firmly and inform tier that she is enabling her son's drinking?!!' these possibilities are not something you are willing or able to do look n in your phone book for ore for help in dealing with this ' DEAR ANNIE: You blew it in your response to “Phillv" who wanted out of his loveless and unhappy marriage but worried about his 10- vcar-ol- d child You recommended counseling hoy six-pac- k 1 1 Al-An- Peter Gott MD H fmto wogiVfey?t ' iHo6iwo eneaueft ftxjNO to coven ihb Mlfi6MMClint6tMA& FROM HER AUNT AMP A MAN IN HER APWMMtNT UXX& AFTER DILBERT SUGGESTIONS FROM THE SUGGESTION BOX DEAR DR CiOTT: I'm a retired general praeti-tioner w hn has put up with toenail fungus for 4U ' y ears — until one sum- mer afternoon my granildaughter noticed my feet and commented '‘Grandpa w hy do vou have such ugly nails?' 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VK ct J 24-N- opcn-miiule- 7 I GARFIELD 23-D- ec HOW ABOUT OVERTHCRE GARLIC BREATH? 20-M- ay 22-Ja- 20-Fe- 1 i IS ijrGuot mum By Bernice Bede Osol Newspaper Enterprise Association ( WHY THE ARLOANDJANIS Horoscope 23-O- is That THE UJAVY LINES MEAN US hORE hONEY US MORE MONEY US MORE MONEY US MORE MONEY HEY HERE'S ONE UITH A LITTLE DIAGRAM GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE HERE ARE ALL THE worked for you as it has for many readers And I appreciate your writing me about your success You’re correct that the treatment is cheap Another doctor who is also a believer sent me sojne numbers that I’ll share Sporanox: 4 months — $120Q Vicks VapoRub: 6 months — $350 Interesting comparisons From a practical standpoint it’s difficult to fault Vicks The treatment is completely harmless the remedy does not require a prescription and — above all else — it is certainly affordable I have received hundreds of letters from satisfied users Also as most health professionals have discovered no medicine is 100 percent effective: some infections are resistant to ordi-- " nary antibiotics not all cancers can be cured by chemotherapy and cardiovascular drugs are less useful in some patients than in others ' Newspaper Enterprise Association AVSO 6AWE USA LETTER FROM THE ANSLKANCriURCri‘TI4AT WAS BOSUS ME MEVER DONATED fttyiMNa ID ACHARtTV J2i AUCTION SHE secKweneeffiLCN on Vicks for fungus Follow-u- p By ala-tee- (al-an- you but also said children are “remarkably resilient and could adjust" to divorce As a former teacher I have seen too many kids unable to adjust when they are bounced between homes Divorce hurts children — Mom in Minnesota DEAR MOM: Divorce is never the preferred option but children who are kept hostage in unhappy marriages can be just as miserable Of course divorced parents must put the children's welfare first Read on: From Pittsburgh: "Philly" said his wife “Lorraine" is interested only in her job and housework' that she reads nothing and has no hobbies and shows no interest in their daugh- ter's academic progress' Lorraine sounds like a mental midget and no amount of counseling will help He should contact a divorce lawyer and document his wife's indifference to their daughter's education Midwest: I was terribly unhappy after 23 years of marriage but thought it was best for my son if I stayed When 1 could no'longer take the emotional abuse I left One week later 1 had a massive coronary My wife came to the ICU screaming “Why didn't you die!" A year after our divorce I met the most wonderful lady As for my son I haven’t seen him in over three years His mother refused to allow him to associate with me “Philly" should get out now Anchorage: What is this couple teaching their daughter? 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