Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine articles from October 1988

Alcoholism & Addiction Magazine archives from October 1988

Professional counseling should not be a liability. (editorial)
October 1, 1988... Professional Counseling Should Not Be a Liability As we approach the 1988 presidential election, we are witnessing an onslaught of personal attacks against George Bush and Michael Dukakis. Attacks that have frightening implications for our...

Intervention: opportunity for healing. (column)
October 1, 1988... Intervention: Opportunity for Healing Alexis was distraught after the latest 2AM phone call from her mother. "How could she do that? She calls me drunk out of her mind. She knows I've got to get up early, get the kids off to school, and...

Dramatic increase in cocaine use. (column)
October 1, 1988... Dramatic Increase in Cocaine Use The national helpline, 1-800-COCAINE, has conducted three demographic surveys of callers to the 24-hour drug line since 1983. The latest report (Roehrich, Gold & Lonoff, APA 109:102, 1988), a 1987...

New survey links drug use to crimes. (column)
October 1, 1988... New Survey Links Drug Use To Crimes Drug use at the time of arrest. That was the diagnosis for half to three-fourths of the men arrested for serious crimes, according to research conducted by the U.S. Justice Department. This is the first...

Persistent drinkers want to "just cut down." (column)
October 1, 1988... Persistent Drinkers Want to "Just Cut Down" Counseling efforts should be broadened to include the one drinker in seven who might be described as the "persistent drinker," the person who drinks alcoholic beverages on a daily basis and...

When the alcoholic refuses treatment.
October 1, 1988... When the Alcoholic Refuses Treatment We met for the first time at a friend of Pat's house. Three of my sister's four children were there, her husband, close friends, myself, and Dr. Rand. In two weeks we would tell my sister Pat that we...

R. Brinkley Smithers: 35 years of leadership.
October 1, 1988... R. Brinkley Smithers 35 Years of Leadership In the winter of 1954, the newly created National Council on Alcoholism had run into hard financial times. The usually optimistic founder, Marty Mann confided to her deputy director Yev Gardner...

Plan the plans, not the outcome. (positive interventions)
October 1, 1988... Plan the Plans, Not the Outcome Family interventions don't fail. The family members and significant others who participate in the healing process of an intervention are eventually emotional and spiritual winners. Success is assured when...

Hospital based intervention.
October 1, 1988... Hospital Based Intervention Al Holick, age thirty-eight, is brought to the emergency room of a metropolitan general hospital. He is bleeding to death from a perforated ulcer. The emergency team of skilled, caring nurses and physicians...

The ethics of intervention.
October 1, 1988... The Ethics of Intervention Given the obvious need to treat the illness of alcoholism, particularly in view of the "life-threatening nature of the illness," [1] it may seem to some, perhaps many, that concerns about law and ethics are...

Billy Carter: sobriety, cancer & courage. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Billy Carter: Sobriety, Cancer & Courage Plains, Georgia 1988. Population 683, which includes a former President of The United States, and his infamous "first brother" whose alcohol related antics were more often then not front page news....

Learning how to forgive. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Learning How to Forgive I hear of so many adult children in the recovery process working on forgiveness. They repeatedly talk about the need to forgive. Yet their concept of forgiveness is "understanding" what happened to them and why, not...

Computers can enhance recovery. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Computers Can Enhance Recovery If you own a computer, you can now attend 12 Step meetings, access recovery oriented information, seek support, and share your own experience, strength and hope with thousands of recovering people all across...

Staying out of slippery places. (relapse prevention) (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Staying Out of Slippery Places If you're a recovering alcoholic or drug addict, how should you react in the company of social drinkers, problem drinkers, or drug users? What is it about these situations that can make you uncomfortable or...

Finding their way to AA. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Finding Their Way to AA What brings an alcoholic to Alcoholics Anonymous? Help-seeking is actually the end result of a long process, incorporating both internal emotions and external forces. Each difficulty encountered makes drinking more...

Speaking out is good therapy. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Speaking Out Is Good Therapy Fr. Joseph C. Martin, America's most popular and sought after authority on alcoholism, addiction, and recovery, answers your questions on any aspect of recovery and prevention. If you've got a question for Fr....

The miracle of family recovery. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... The Miracle of Family Recovery When my husband came home from work two years ago and told me that he had been sexual with a female coworker, my co-dependency had progressed to the point where I believed him when he said it was my fault. I...

Good reasons to do it. (regular exercise) (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Good Reasons To Do It For young and old, regular exercise for the body has some important benefits for the mind, according to reports from the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Exercise serves as a buffer against...

Reparations. (poem)
October 1, 1988... Reparations The small round pigeon of a woman in my Al-Anon meeting said she wished she could be more strutty, not care whether they smiled at her. Another woman, dressed in black, her watch pinned on her chest like a name tag, said she keeps...

Designing your fitness program. (Recovery Life)
October 1, 1988... Designing Your Fitness Program Guidelines for physical fitness have been outlined by the President's Council on Physical Fitness. Three components covered are endurance, strength, and flexibility. Endurance enables you to use energy for a...

Combat veterans battle addiction.
October 1, 1988... Combat Veterans Batte addiction Alcohol/drug counselors working with special populations need to have the ability to relate to the individuals in that population in order to be effective. Counselors may gain some insight into the general...

Recognizing and treating Vietnam vets.
October 1, 1988... Recognizing and Treating Vietnam Vets It is extremely important for alcohol/drug counselors to be able to identify and refer individuals for treatment who were in the military in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, who may be suffering...

One vet's recovery.
October 1, 1988... One Vet's Recovery To veterans of all branches and eras, "Recycle" means to return to the beginning of training and start again. This particular word strikes sure terror in the hearts of those of us who are former paratroopers, Marines,...

Serotonin may reduce alcohol craving.
October 1, 1988... Serotonin May Reduce Alcohol Craving Early animal studies plus the observation that some antidepressant drugs reduce human alcohol "craving" have led to the interesting hypothesis that the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine or...

Intervention can work miracles. (column)
October 1, 1988... Intervention Can Work Miracles Does Intervention work, and if so, how often? Yes, Intervention works. How often? It never fails. That is a preposterous answer, you say. Let me explain. In answering these questions, let me introduce...