Show I I At t Odds s o of 80 to fo 7 1 II I i Strain May Turn Casual Drinker nto hito Alcoholic c i I II I Editors Editor's s note This is the fifth in a series dealing with th the thc problem of alcoholism in Utah By no If If you ou dunk drink chances arc you'll always alays stick to yo ir cooling cooling- glass lass of beer your our occasional cocktail I or mealtime drink of wine But thero there is a II possibility that you ou may under unde trying circumstances circum circum- stances go further you further you may find liquor becoming a habit then a aneed aneed aneed need then n an end in itself without realizing It It Ithen When hen that happens youre you're on the road load to chronic al alcoholism al- al and may maj develop clop the nutritional disturbances which arise anse because alcohol OV over r a period pe- pe nod of time has been supplying you von with third one the calories the the average Crag person gets g-ets from food but with none of the vitamins vita vita- mins or minerals And although only a few fe alcoholics alcoholics alcoholics alco alco- holics ever become insane one out of 10 develops a disease of the mind as a result of oC his Ins long and heavy dunking drinking 81 to tu One Ono Odds Oddi If Jr youre you're one of more than users of ot alcoholic beverages in Utah odds a against your becoming becoming becoming becom becom- ing a chronic alcoholic are 81 Si to toone toone on-c on one and if youve you've never taken a drink the odds are about 35 to toone toone toone one according according- to the Utah state board boar on alcoholism It tales takes from 12 to 18 years for a n person to develop lop the degradation and dietary die die- tary tamy deficiencies which accompany accompany pany chronic alcoholism David R. R executive of the board explained that the steps to chronic alcoholIsm alcoholIsm alcoholism alcohol- alcohol Ism usually develop elop the following pattern You begin getting drunk with some regularity and the morning al after r you find you ou re recall recall recall re- re call nothing after a certain point in the evening e you ou change b from rom I sipping dunks drinks to gulping them start sneaking links drinks and find findt t I t that ha t liquor means more moie to you yOU I Ithan Ithan than to others other you jou consi consistently drink more moie than you u mean to and 1 often wind up drunk w i t tho h o u t knowing how it happened and as ns you ou begin to behave c e ex extravagantly tra in money matters malleIs you YO find liquor has helped you overcome come a feeling feeling- of inferiority this loss of control control con con- trot marks maiks a basic phase of alcoholism alcoholism al ai- al- al nC Hogin in nationalizing You start erecting a structure of excuses for drinking dunking you begin begin begin be be- gin taking e eye e openers as a medicine because without it you YO dont don't want to face lace your job or family 01 em because your nerves ner need steadying you ou find you ou prefer prefer preter pre pre- fer ter not to share with anyone elsa the pleasure alcohol gives ives you you become social anti-social and deUC dest de- de st sC tlc U when drink you ou or you jou I become extremely self-conscious self afraid of people I The acute Reute stage of compulsive e when hen start I drinking begins you ou I going on ben benders periods benders periods when hen I you vou drink just to get drunk an and II disregard ard family job food and shelter during dining sober moments you feel eel deep remorse then begin in I Ito I to blame others for your vom condition and harbor resentment you jou develop develop develop de de- de- de the shakes and start to guard your liquor supply alcohol being the only thing you feel you youcan youcan ou can turn to then you ou realize forthe forthe for forthe the first time you cant can't handle liquor and you get help or go under tinder Mr pointed out that hope for the alcoholic lies hes in one thing thing facing facing the facts and admitting admitting admitting ad ad- that outside help is necessary sary lie He said help may come from froma a minister priest or rabbi a psychiatrist Utah Mental Hygiene 1 clinic Alcoholics Anonymous a clinic established by bv the state boa hoard Id I'd on alcoholism rn wi with th headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in the Keith Neith St. St Benedict s hospital in Ogden den orthe or orthe the Alcoholic Rehabilitation cen cen- ter |