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Show Medical Association's subcommittee subcom-mittee on Alcoholism says alcoholics al-coholics are those excessive drinkers whose dependance upon alcohol has attained such a degree that it shows a noticeable no-ticeable mental disturbance or an interference with their bodily bod-ily or mental health, with their interpersonal relations . and their smooth social and economical econ-omical functioning; or who show the prodromal signs of such development . . " No medical cure "There is no medical cure for Alcoholism. Its victims are usually forced to wage a losing los-ing battle, not only against the ravages of the disease, but also al-so against the ignorance of society so-ciety which refuses to regard the alcoholic as a sick person. This ailment has stalemated all resources of the scientific professions pro-fessions and defied church efforts ef-forts through the centuries. Disrupt family Jlic invited " U meet Payson hall . fhoholics Annonymous is announced for Sun-a' Sun-a' 8 P-m- at the ,.' American Legion Hall, First South. i' rill be one open meet-' meet-' which the public is in-id in-id urged to attend. It f-ej as an inspirational i-.- and persons who do "ierstand alcoholism are h , j to gain important in- i rjn from it. -kin? a study of alco-) alco-) its effects, those in of these studies have i , --e following observa- i(ir I fi is alcoholism ? It is i .-jlete exhaustion of the -jied with an allergy : :ody, and an obsession mind. The American "An alcoholics indulgence in the use of alcohol in any form, either continuously or periodically, period-ically, usually results in disruption disrup-tion in all family and social relations. His mental and physical phys-ical condition is so affected by continuous use of alcohol that everything except the procurement procure-ment of alcohol s neglected or ignored for long periods of time. The main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind rather than in his body. "The unhappiest person in the world is the chronic alcoholic, alco-holic, who has an instant yearing to enjoy life to the fullest, but cannot picure life without alcohol. He has a heartbreaking obsession that by some miracle of control, he will be able to live as he desires de-sires and yet drink in moderation. moder-ation. Experience speaks "Alcoholics Anonymous is made up of those persons, men and women, who have traveled the road of the chronic alcoholic, alco-holic, but who, through determination deter-mination and faith that through working togeter, day by day, they can again lead normal lives, are reaching out a hand to others. The success of Alcoholics Anonymous in helping the alcoholics al-coholics is one of the outstanding out-standing accomplishments of the century." |