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Show 1 The Newspaper Thursday, August 27, 1981 Ptf A7 New program believes alcohol is just symptom Jailing an alcoholic isn't going to help his drinking problem. Jailing an alcoholic won't help the state; it's just an added expense. Only two reasons. But two very good reasons for the new state alcoholic counseling program. Its purpose is to find an alternative to the drunk tank. Financed by the sales tax on beer, the program is spreading a million dollars statewide for its program. Rosie Miller, a public intoxication in-toxication counselor for Wasatch and Summit County told The Newspaper she is not out to make the problem drinker feel guilty, or even get him off the bottle altogether. Her first goal is to help the drinker feel better bet-ter about himself. And her clients are not necessarily people convicted of public intoxication. She also will counsel self- referrals or those referred by friends. Alcohol is not the problem, said Miller. It is the symptom symp-tom of the problem. "Thore are many causes stress, for instance but the most common cause I've seen is poor self-image," said said. She said the problem doen't go away if you take away the liquor. "If all the other personality problems are there, it's only a matter of time before it crops up again," said added. "Or the person may start smoking, or beating his wife. There are plenty of things we can abuse coffee, food, even the sun." Her goal in counseling is to get the person feeling better. "Are they functioning? Are they staying out of trouble?" she suggested. "In most cases a person has to stop or curb his drinking. But if a person has cut down on his drinking and is doing better, I'm nu going to make him feel guilty because be hasn't quit completely. "We remove the moral judgement from it, and look at what's going to work for the indivdual's lifestyle." Her doors aren't just open for counseling, she said. People can call for information, infor-mation, or just to talk, anonymously, whether they are alcoholics, or in a family-friend situation with an alcoholic. In fact, the program also give guidance to peon'p who want to help a loved one cope with liquor. "It's important that you don't get trapped into covering for a drinker," said Miller. "You help them by making them responsible." The problem is obvious in Summit County. Where liquor expenditure a year is $14 per capita in the state, is $126 in Summit County, she said. The area contains When you need help, who do you call? Quick. This is an emergency. There are flames coming out of the kitchen kit-chen window of the house next door and you've got to call the fire department. What's the number? What is that number? If you grab the Park City phone book and look inside the front cover, you'll find you've got plenty of emergency numbers to choose from. For Park City, the fire department number is listed as 649-9561. For Coalville, it's 336-2231. If you want to call the police, there are two other numbers to choose from. Confusing? Maybe not, if you're not in a hurry. But, in an emergency, finding the right number could consume agonizing seconds. Wouldn't "911" be a lot easier? Local police and firemen think so, and are supporting a drive to make 911 THE emergency phone number countywide. At the present time, Kamas is the only community in Summit County Coun-ty to have adopted the 911 system. Summit County Sheriff Ron Robinson said Tuesday that he has been in touch with Mountain Bell about making the change to 911, and expects to have some cost estimates to present to the County Commissioners Sept. 1. According to Robinson, Robin-son, Mountain Bell is currently curren-tly working with the Utah Public Service Commission to establish a 911 rate schedule which would apply to areas such as Summit County. Installing the 911 system would require special equipment both in Park City and the northern end of the county, as well as the installation in-stallation of additional direct lines to the Coalville dispatch office, Robinson said. Costs would be shared between the county and the municipalities. But don't expect any of this to happen to soon. According Ac-cording to Mountain Bell, the earliest the system could be installed is 1983. In the meantime, Summit County has agreed to take steps to improve communication commun-ication between the dispatch office and the Park City area. Robinson said improvements im-provements would include in the installation of a "rotator" on the Coalville phone system so that incoming incom-ing calls would be switched onto the next available line. Also under discussion is the addition of a second direct line linking Park City and Coalville. "We think we can do that as soon as is possible with the Mountain Bell people," Robinson reported. Discussions have been held between the Sheriff's Department and the Park City Fire Department since the communication difficulties dif-ficulties between Park City and the Coalville office were first aired at a Park City budget hearing June 25. Robinson said plans are also moving ahead to hook up the county's Lewis Peak translator with an emergency emergen-cy generator on the site owned by Mountain Fuel. He said that would help to avoid the type of problem which occurred in late July when the power cable to the translator tran-slator was severed, leaving much of the Park City and Snyderville areas without a direct radio link with Coalville for more than 24 hours. extremes from the party-atmosphere party-atmosphere of Park City (where transients push up the consumption) to the born-and-raised chronic drinker in the rural sections. If counseling and talking are not enough, the problem drinker can take two other routes rehabilitation and detoxification. In this respect, Miller said, she hopes to work closely with the Timpanogos Mental Health Center and the Alcohol Recovery Center in Provo. In rehabilitation, the patient lives and goes through counseling in an environment en-vironment free of alcohol or drugs. This could take two to seven days, depending on the individual. In detoxification, Miller said, the person suffers more severe affects from not drinking. The withdrawal symptoms could include shakes, dry heaves, vomiting and convulsions. "Depending on his tolerance, he might experience all of these or none or some," she said. The most comfortable place to withdraw, she said, is in a detox center, where the drinker can be supervised super-vised by doctors who know the dangers of withdrawal, and where he can receive moral support from recovered alcoholics on the staff. "If you try to do it alone in locked room, you're setting yourself up for a lot of torture." she added. Miller, a Pennsylvania native, has been in Utah two months. She earned a degree in psychology and criminology from Alvernia College in Redding, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, and went on to serve in the detox unit in the Redding Hospital and Medical Center. She also did pre-court sentence evaluations in the county for those convicted on drug and alcohol charges. PARK CITY HVUIY V isitor's & Resta.'.rant Guide RESERVATIONS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN FOR ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE WINTER PARK CITY LODESTAR The Park Cily Lodestar magazine provides visitors with information in-formation and interesting stories that guarantee their stay in Park City will be enjoyable. It creatively introduces guests to the history, entertainment, sport, services and idiosyncracies of Park City through informative feature articles, ar-ticles, graphics and humor. The Park City Lodestar is designed, written, produced and published by Park City residents, who lend their special insights to bring the past, present and future together in a fact-filled magazine. TO RESERVE ADVERTISING SPACE CALL OR STOP BY THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE 419 MAIN STREET, PARK CITY 649-9014 IPW WAMT YOPIIJ! Volunteer TEAINING SESSIONS START TUESDAY, Sept. 1 7:00 Memorial Building Call 649-0004 for information Her share of the program amounts to around $15,000 and has her running around the county. Take her typical week's schedule: On Monday Mon-day and Friday, she can be found in the Park City Prevention Center. On Tuesday, she works out of the Coalville Courthouse. Early on Wednesday, she counsels out of the Kamas Clinic, then moves Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon to the Family Service Building in Heber. She also works in Heber on Thursday. Eventually, her caseload will determine where she spends most of her time, "But I still would spend at least a day in each place." She also plans to start group counseling when her client roster is large enough. Miller also has a 24-hour referral number at the health offices, for clients who get in trouble with the police, or feel an overwhelming over-whelming urge to grab the bottle again. "Right now, my job is to make myself known." slip said. "I've been meeting with police, attorneys, county coun-ty commissioners, probation officers, and judges." The program also needs time to make itself known. It will be evaluated after six months probation, Miller said, on the basis of the number of clients handled. The State Division of Alcohol Services will decide if the awful toll of liquor felt even in Utah can be reduced with this program. v IAVJ PARK CITY ROTARY Meets Tuesday 12:15 The Pub Holiday Inn rfcw .... WD0 fed xitnijtioP If you have thought about having your home repainted, now is the time. Exterior Staining Painting Cedar Roof Treatment Whatever the need, we can get your home ready for winter. Call Robbie Flatt for appointment. 649-4555 Oh yeah, we do it on the inside, too! 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