Show Glamorization Deplored By CECIL CARLE of excessive something too often done for in television and recently was described by the American Medical Association's committee on alcoholism and drug THE AMA pleaded for a reduction in the glorified image of man who holds his and the extolling of false virtues given the state of Fear was expressed that drinking habits can be motivated into becoming excessive if abusers of alcohol find identification with TV personalities who make light of so-called Even the term of party drinking can cover up a great deal of potential the AMA Tins public statement is just another indication of the deep interest the AMA has in which the association recognized as a disease in The AMA is only one of numerous groups working closely with the Alcoholism from which advice and help may be obtained free by a visit to the office at 2875 Main or by phoning or the Utah State Division of Alcoholism and Drugs phone ALCOHOLISM as a responsibility of the medical profession recently occupied a full issue of Sandoz Panorama Many articles show the keen awareness today of doctors with The editors point out that the U. S. government has called alcoholism our number one neglected health Yet the disease definitely is on the ALCOHOLISM no longer is a hopeless condition if viewed as a treatable Doctors often are frustrated by the fact that this disease is one of a very few which the patient often tenaciously insists he does not But until denial is successful treat-ment is i Special edition k Ruth whose practice is to alcoholics and who has treated more than writes she devoted two hours to the first appointment with a victim and that it takes 45 minutes on the average to gain an admission that he has a drinking THE FOREWARD to all articles reports that success has come to doctors from their treatments and supporting arm of Alcoholics Yet the of alcoholics is shown by the fact that AA does not reach more than five percent to seven Since alcoholism has been called a the family doctor is in a unique position to HE usually is the first to know of a drinking problem when the patient's job and family are Fox writes the alcoholic alone is not you must get co-operation from the wife or WHERE once a medical school might devote no more than one hour in four years of medical school lo most physicians now have knowledge of the They will tell you that what causes alcoholism still is it is not simply due to alcohol but to alcohol's acting on a vulnerable personality in some The more the alcoholic the more he It is a self-perpetuating the efforts of the National Alcoholism the National Safety doctors and educators and many more who have become alerted to the fact that unless arrested by the willingness of the progresses to death or the disease is becoming less Fox states when she began treating alcoholics 30 years the age of patients was Today it is 30 to This is a hopeful A PATIENT of 30 is young enough to return to normal living if he learns total Yet AA constantly finds recovery of men and women who come to them as late as In Marvin A. MD points out countless alcoholics drink for years without realizing they have dependency on the Most of them he not even aware I that alcohol is addictive and il that dependency upon it is I a recognized I HE REPORTS that I as a have formed defenses which to resist help from by the time they reach the Block one factor that the Alcoholism Council strives to that there is a social stigma attached to both the disease and the This often complicates HE POINTS out that problem drinking is not a sign of weak spiritual vagrancy or moral Correcting this fallacious by victim himself and by is of utmost As he of the alcoholic requires patience and human |