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NATION, Page 31American NotesBOSTON"I Am an Alcoholic"
Kitty Dukakis returned home to Boston last week full of plans
for speaking engagements and fund-raising campaigns for Armenia,
AIDS and the homeless. But her most important project involves a
continuing struggle. "I now know that I am an alcoholic," she said
as her husband stood beside her.
After a "terribly painful and lonely period" following Michael
Dukakis' loss in last November's presidential election, Kitty, 52,
checked into a Rhode Island clinic in early February for treatment
of a drinking problem. She refused to blame the defeat for her
troubles. "Any crisis could have led to the drinking," she said.
"The campaign was a very positive experience for me. The only thing
that happened wrong was that we lost." She can only hope her next
campaign turns out better.