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Parents Behaving Badly

December 23rd, 2006

Sherri Lohnstein Gets Smashed before Giving Birth, Killing Baby

Man, you gotta give Sherri Lohnstein an ounce of credit. When her 2 lb. baby died shortly after birth in September, she knew the reason: she had gotten drunk the night she went into labor. Lab tests confirmed that the child was born with a blood alcohol level of 0.17%, more than two times the […]

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October 30th, 2006

Danielle Tozer: Drunk-Ass Mom Found Passed Out in Car with Her Baby Inside

“Oh Jesus fuckme Christ, I so need a shot of scotch. This little bastard is driving me up the wall. Too bad they don’t have those drive-up margarita stands here in Clermont, Florida, like they do in Louisiana. I really need to move my drunk ass to Louisiana.
“Hey…there’s a bar. Fuck! If I didn’t […]

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December 28th, 2005

Drunk Dad Dies Looking for Keys

Stephen Swarbrick’s children will finish up their childhoods without a father. The 41-year-old Brit lost his keys after getting drunk on Christmas Eve, then tried to scale a drain pipe at his house (presumably to climb in through a window). He was found alive the next morning, but later died.
Hey parents, if you want to […]

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September 22nd, 2005

Aussie Dad Charged With Public Intoxication And Carrying Loaded Weapon

I must’ve spent twenty minutes trying to compress Mark David Wright’s deeds into a concise headline. Perry White I am not. Mr. Wright was arrested by Australian police after staggering down the streets of his hometown clad in naught but his tightie-whities, toting a loaded shotgun.
Local authorities report that Mr. Wright left his […]

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September 16th, 2005

Is “Smashed” a Tale of Parents Behaving Badly?

I bought Smashed by Koren Zailckas earlier this year, when it was shaping up to be the Next Big Thing in the personal memoir book market. I never finished it. I got about 10 pages into it and tossed it aside. The writing had a certain beauty, but also came off as pompous and overwrought. […]

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