Uh-oh. They're starting to
the halls alre dy. Store
cro . the nation loading
their lYe with the tin I
and gUtter of the upcoming
a n. F 0 are starting to
plan holiday get-togethers,
There's something in the air.
And for the alcoholic ho's
still drinking, it really is the
son to be jolly.
"From ju before Than 5-
giving, all the w y through
Christma right up to the Super
80 1, society throws all it's
rule bout acceptable drinking
behavior to the wind," y
thleen Scarry. And for the
alcoholic family, thi 50n
u ually means one di ter after
another."
carry i E ecutive Director
of ew Horizon Recovery Cen
ter.
'We invent more and more
o ca . on to drink and t
virtually no limits. For th
alcoholic this mean more
experience of out-of-control
drinking nd more incident of
inappropriate or unacceptable
habavior," Scarry ys,
, And for the &pOU it means
threats, anger and countle
frustrating attempts to control
the alcoholic's drinking."
According to Scarry, because
a lack of understanding about
the di a mo people be-
alcoholic can u
power to conrrol their drinking.
So hen the drinking behavior
get out of hand, as it' bound
to during the exce s of the
holiday the non-alcoholic
pou demand the alcoholic
et it together'.
Of cour ,willpower doesn t
work on the disea of alcoho-
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1ism any more than it does on
any other diJeue. There
might be a few vain attempt
but in the end the alcoholic
simply can't control his or h
drinking," says Scarry.
'The spouse get e en more
angry. There are threat • Often
bitter arguments ensue. Some
times violence. Of cour , none
of this makes for happy holi
day ason."
What can be done?
"Threats, plea, and anger
can't control drinking anymore
than they can control cancer.
And attempting to limit the
occa 'on where liquor is present
isn't going to or either."
ccording to Scarry, the be
action for anyone who' con-
cerned is to get information
about the disea .
"If there' concern that a
drinking problem might exist,
then a drinking problem does
exist. It won't go away by
itself and it will continue to get
one. That' the nature of this
disea ," Scarry explain .
"During the holiday son
when there are bound to be
more problem a iated with
alcoholic drinking, I urge people
to get all the Information they
can. It could save them heart-
che, pain and suffering. And it
might even save a life."
Informati n bo t cobolism
is available through a number of
organizations including the at
ional Council on Alcoholism and
Alcoholic Anonymou. e
Horizons also provide infor
m tion at free weekly seminar
open for all interested persons,
For further information about
alcoholism nd the free minar
call 927-5433.
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MESC, send it to "A 'SC,"
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Detroit, Ml 48202. Unfor
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