Show Alcoholism Information Week Dated The week of November 26 to December 2 has been designated designated designated design design- Alcoholism Information Week 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 form a t ion has evidently been good me medicine d i c i n e in the efforts to curb alcoholism in Utah Alcoholism in Utah increased percent in the 1945 55 1945 55 decade de decade de- de cade despite the fact that the States State's population climbed OI only y 26 p percent Then a dramatic thing 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 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 gen general ral pu public lic will suffer because of the cost of accidents due to alcoholism alcoholism alcoholism alcohol alcohol- ism treatment in mental hospitals hospitals hospi hospi- law e enforcement and custodial care Too often the public sees alcoholism as a skid row s ski k I d row drow problem a long distance away and therefore an insignificant matter But only three percent pf alcoholics are skid row types The others can be found in business offices factories elegant nt mansions and Iddle- Iddle class bungalows |