Show Alcoholism Information Week Dated The week of November 26 to December 2 has been designated designated designated design design- Alcoholism Information Week a week for informing Utah residents about a devastating devastating devastating ing disease Why it may be asked is information so important I Information n for mat ion has evidently been good m medicine e d i c i n e in the efforts to curb alcoholism in Utah Alcoholism in Utah increased percent in the 55 1945 de decade decade de- de cade despite the fact that the States State's population climbed only 2 26 6 percent Then a dramatic thing h happened In the 65 1955 decade alcoholism decreased 33 percent in Utah even with population rising another 26 percent It is important to note that the Utah State Board on Al Alcoholism Alcoholism Alcoholism Al- Al began an information campaign in 1955 the 1955 the year the alcoholism rate leveled off in Utah It began to drop shortly afterward so there can be little doubt that the information campaign campaign campaign cam cam- was directly associated But much remains to be done Utah has an alcoholic population population population tion of people Each one of them will lose 12 years from his life span Families will suffer financial setbacks and often severance of the alcoholic member by divorce estrangement estrangement estrangement estrange estrange- ment or desertion The general public will suffer because of the cost of accidents due to alcoholism alcoholism alcoholism alcohol alcohol- ism treatment in mental hospi hospitals law a enforcement and custodial care Too often the public sees alcoholism as a s skid row kid row problem a long distance away and therefore an insignificant matter But only three percent percenti Jf i alcoholics are row skid types The others can be found in business offices factories rit ma mansions and riddle riddle- class bungalows The public needs to recognize recognize recognize nize alcoholism as a disease which like the common cold may strike in any station in life The hopeful aspect of this disease is t that hat it can b be e arrested Alcoholism Information Week should be a time for all to learn more about this disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease and think re-think their attitude about it |