Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine articles from August 1988

Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine archives from August 1988

Stop sending people to AA. (column)
August 1, 1988... Stop Sending People to AA OK, now that I have your attention, please read on. And let's not have contempt prior to investigation! Most alcoholism professionals will agree that active involvement in the fellowship of Alcoholics...

New message from the spirit world. (alcohol beverage advertising) (column)
August 1, 1988... New Message From the Spirit World This is the year the liquor industry will challenge a 50 year old policy and begin to promote distilled spirits on television. Since the repeal of Prohibition 50 years ago, distillers have declined to...

Searching for miracles. (column)
August 1, 1988... Searching For Miracles "Let go and let God," "Easy Does It," "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change . . .," "I admitted I was powerless. . .," -- Marilyn had the AA slogans down pat. Her first year of sobriety had...

Bowen favors labeling. (Otis R. Bowen, alcohol)
August 1, 1988... Bowen Favors Labeling HHS Secretary Otis Bowen, M.D., said he "personally favors" warning labels on alcoholic beverages, but it is an issue that is "out of my jurisdiction." Bowen made the statement in response to a question by Chairman...

New survey on teen drinking. (column)
August 1, 1988... New Survey on Teen Drinking Although most states have raised their minimum drinking age to 21, teen drinkers across the national say it is still fairly easy for them to get alcoholic beverages whenever they want, according to the latest...

Alcoholism: disease and denial. (column)
August 1, 1988... Alcoholism: Disease and Denial Many theories exist to explain the causes of alcoholism. Significant disagreement about the diagnosis and treatment of alcohol addiction (alcoholism) can even make substance abuse experts shake their heads....

Cadmium linked to alcoholism. (column)
August 1, 1988... Cadmium Linked to Alcoholism Rats normally reject alcohol, even in very small concentrations, but when they ingest cadmium -- a metallic poison now part of our human food chain -- the rats develop a preference for alcohol over water....

The Fingarette fallacies. (Herbert Fingarette on alcoholism)
August 1, 1988... The Fingarette Fallacies In the aftermath of the recent United States Supreme Court decision, Traynor vs. Turnage, and McKelvey vs. Turnage, which ruled that the Veterans Administration was within its rights to deny an extension of...

Defending the disease: how America's authorities view the disease of alcoholism.
August 1, 1988... Defending the Disease James E. Davis, M.D. President-Elect, American Medical Association Proponents of the view that alcoholism is "willful misconduct" are overlooking the growing body of biomedical and clinical research showing the...

Treating gamblers in an alcohol setting. (column)
August 1, 1988... Treating Gamblers in an Alcoholism Setting One of the major problems that alcoholism and addiction treatment professionals have to deal with is the problem of recidivism. Experience at South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, N.Y., led the...

Resources lacking for compulsive gamblers. (column)
August 1, 1988... Resources Lacking for Compulsive Gamblers If it took 40 years to gain any kind of significant recognition of alcoholism, and another 20 years or so for us to realize that many women also suffer from that addiction, you can "bet" it will...

Possibility thinking for recovering people. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Possibility Thinking for Recovering People Robert's rules of order: Success is never ending, failure is never final. The Robert in question is Robert H. Schuller, one of America's best known authors of inspirational and motivational...

On discovery and recovery. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... On Discovery and Recovery Strolling down the path of recovery from alcoholism I did more than smell the flowers. I picked them one by one and soon I had an entire bouquet. I felt like Miss America as I stood at the threshold of a whole...

Tips for avoiding relapse. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Tips For Avoiding Relapse Having a "slip" or relapse is common among recovering alcoholics and addicts. Here is a letter which shows how insidious a slip can be, along with some pointers on what to do about it. "After drinking had...

Artists in recovery adopt twelve steps. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Artists in Recovery Adopt Twelve Steps Procrastination and avoidance are deadly for the creative soul, but now there is hope for artists -- actors, musicians, writers, and others -- who struggle with their urge to create, or are unable to...

Women and financial management. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Women and Financial Management If you never have enough money to make ends meet, chances are you're not becoming wealthier and you're not on a personal budget. Why not? Is it because: * Budgets don't work. * I'm not good at...

How different is recovery for a COA? (child of an alcoholic) (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... How Different is Recovery For a COA? Many adult children of alcoholics can describe frightening or embarrassing incidents from their childhood in great detail. The personal violations they lived with were blatant, and could not be...

1988 Al-Impics: everyone's a winner! (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... 1988 Al-Impics: Everyone's a Winner! It's summertime, and the world's attention turns to Seoul, Korea for the Summer Olymics. But across America, nearly ten thousand people in recovery are remembering an incredible athletic event that...

Adventure at sea. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Adventure at Sea We called ourselves the "Alcohol People." Aside from the two course instructors, we were all associated with substance abuse programs in Maine -- members of councils, directors of programs, or people in recovery. The...

Summer health and fitness tips. (Recovery Life)
August 1, 1988... Summer Health and Fitness Tips These health tips cover questions I am frequently asked at workshops. I hope you wil use the information to live a fit and healthy lifestyle. * Consult a doctor before taking up strenuous exercise, or...

Premenstrual syndrome can trigger relapse.
August 1, 1988... Premenstrual Syndrome Can Trigger Relapse Several studies have been done in the U.S. which have proven that approximately 64% of all female alcoholics also have Premenstrual Syndrom or PMS. In some cases, women become addicted to...

EAP's and chemically dependent women. (Employee Assistance Programs)
August 1, 1988... EAP's and Chemically Dependent Women In 1980, almost 50% of those employed in the U.S. were women, according to the U.S. Census. Many of these women are single-parent heads of households, and their need to work is obvious. Also obvious...

Stepping beyond survival to recovery.
August 1, 1988... Stepping Beyond Survival to Recovery Though the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have probably been known since the time of recorded history, they have been most in the forefront in recent years through studies of the...

Testing, treatment, and attitudes. (AIDS and chemical dependency) (interview with David E. Smith, part 2) (interview)
August 1, 1988... Testing, Treatment, and Attitudes In the May/June issue of Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine, we began an exclusive interview with David E. Smith, M.D., founder of the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco, who is now working...