Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine articles from February 1988

Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine archives from February 1988

Getting beyond awareness. (the need for action) (editorial)
February 1, 1988... Getting Beyond Awareness I am often asked to speak at various functions around the country, including annual dinners and conferences. My topic varies to include: Second Things Second (supporting the disease from which you're recovering);...

Lay public ignorant of drug prevention success. (column)
February 1, 1988... Lay Public Ignorant of Drug Prevention Success Everyone has an opinion about drug prevention. Some experts and journalists declare that prevention is impossible. Parents, acting on this theory, "look the other way" when their children...

Teen concerns; drug abuse leads list. (Gallup poll)
February 1, 1988... Teen Concerns Drug Abuse Leads List Although teen drug abuse declined during the past decade, 54 percent of teens, which is twice as many as ten years ago, name drug abuse as their number one concern. According to a recent Gallup...

Sober doesn't mean somber; laughter is good medicine. (column)
February 1, 1988... Sober Doesn't Mean Somber Laughter Is Good Medicine When Jennifer came to see me about the communications problems festering in her newly recovering family, she was baffled. With Mike sober, she fully expected life to flow more...

New marching orders; HHS Secretary Bowen declares "war on alcohol." (Otis R. Bowen, includes related article)
February 1, 1988... HHS Secretary Bowen Declares "War on Alcohol" When the Reagan administration launched its "War on Drugs," many critics sighted a lack of emphasis on America's most widely used drug--alcohol. But, on the 15th anniversary of the founding of...

Conference highlights: action and reaction. (National Conference on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) (includes related article)
February 1, 1988... Conference Highlights: Action and Reaction Despite an unexpected 16-inch snowfall in Washington, D.C., over 500 professionals from around the country managed to attend the recent National Conference on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which was...

Project Graduation; busting teen beer-blasts.
February 1, 1988... Busting Teen Beer-Blasts When Tay Senasy and her family emigrated from Vietnam to the United States, no one could have anticipated the sequence of events that would result in her winning a free Volkswagen Jetta on the morning of June 6th,...

Prevention in rural Nebraska; retreats target civic leaders and schools.
February 1, 1988... Retreats Target Civic Leaders and Schools Just because it's a rural state doesn't mean Nebraskans don't like their alcohol: We average 27 gallons of beer a person each year, ranking in the top third nationally, have more than 77,000...

Drawing the line on alcohol and drug abuse.
February 1, 1988... Drawing the Line on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Rules, laws, and restrictions are generally what are meant by "social policy." Thus, policy in prevention of alcohol and drug use and abuse problems refers to setting standards, making rules, and...

Turning the tide on an advancing epidemic. (alcoholism)
February 1, 1988... Turning the Tide on an Advancing Epidemic Alcoholism has become a national epidemic, and epidemics demand sacrifice, community involvement, and education. The great parade of drug users and damaged families illustrates the failure of...

G.O.D., as we understand her.. (Geraldine O. Delaney) (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... G.O.D., As We Understand Her From the very beginning, it seems, there was always G.O.D., Geraldine O. Delaney, the rough-and-tough, legendary alcoholism pioneer who, it's said, has scared people sober. Forty-seven years ago, Geraldine O....

Little steps lighten load for recovery. (part 3) (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... Little Steps Lighten Load for Recovery I find that many adult children resist recovery out of a desire to resist pain. Though I understand this desire, in order to recover adult children must face the locked-up pain they carry. People...

Sharing the gift of sobriety. (the twelfth step of Alcoholics Anonymous) (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... Sharing the Gift of Sobriety Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Many people are disturbed by the words "spiritual...

No more need for chemical time-outs. (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... No More Need for Chemical Time-Outs What does being sober mean? That you don't drink? Or that you didn't drink today? Some people think being sober means the way you feel the morning after, when you're no longer drunk but just hung over....

Dealing with dirty laundry. (obtaining comfortable sobriety)
February 1, 1988... Dealing With Dirty Laundry "You suggested I go to five AA meetings this week. I went," the newly recovering alcoholic said to his sponsor. "And?" "It's not for me." "Why?" "I could see it was working for all those people....

Overcoming shyness: relaxation is the key. (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... Overcoming Shyness: Relaxation Is the Key Tonight one of your friends is having a party. It should be a good opportunity to meet a lot of people, but for some reason you don't want to go. You meet somebody in class of the opposite sex;...

Don't be fuel-less with weight-loss plans. (Recovery Life)
February 1, 1988... Don't Be Fuel-Less With Weight-Loss Plans So, you have made your New Year's resolution to lose weight and get in shape, once and for all. The most important ingredient for your success is commitment. Visualize what you want to look like....

Help and hope for the sexually addicted. (Recovery Life) (includes related article)
February 1, 1988... Help and Hope for the Sexually Addicted Many people chuckle when they hear the terms sexual addiction or sexual compulsivity. Needless to say, if you discuss jointing a group called Sexaholics Anonymous, you're likely to be met with a wide...

Worrywarts weaken sense of well-being. (controlling anxiety)
February 1, 1988... Worrywarts Weaken Sense of Well-Being When you have a free moment do all sorts of worries pop into your head? If you take a nap, sit down for coffee, linger in bed after you wake up, even sit in your yeard or read a book, can you just enjoy...

Maternal Detox treats the fetus; first unit of its kind. (Maternal Detoxification Unit, Puget Sound Hospital)
February 1, 1988... Maternal Detox Treats the Fetus Approximately one out of every 750 babies born in the United States has fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), according to the Centers for Disease Control. FAS, which is caused by the mother drinking heavily during...

Addressing individual needs of older adult patients. (Population Update: The Elderly)
February 1, 1988... Addressing Individual Needs of Older Adult Patients Because chemically dependent older adults present many challenges, each member of the multidisciplinary therapeutic team must tailor treatment approaches to afford those clients the best...

Prescription drugs entwined with alcoholism. (Population Update: The Elderly)
February 1, 1988... Prescription Drugs Entwined with Alcoholism "People, even trained alcoholism counselors, have said to me, 'What's the use? Why deny him his final pleasure? He's an old man with nothing to live for; why shouldn't he drink?' But when you see...

Drug protects livers. (propylthiouracil)
February 1, 1988... Drug Protects Livers Propylthiouracil (PTU), a drug ordinarily used to treat overactive thyroid glands, appears to significantly protect alcoholics from fatal liver disease, even if they continue to drink moderately, Canadian researchers...

From calls to admissions. (telephone techniques)
February 1, 1988... From Calls to Admissions All of the time, energy, and money you spend on newspaper, radio, and television advertising, conference exhibits, direct mail pieces, brochures, personal appearances, and public relations are forms of promotion to...