BENTO HARBOR - The "Less than 20% of the al-
.. popularity of drugs. such coholic we see in treatmeDt
as cocaine have ch aged the today are ddicted only to al­
profile 0 todays alco olic. Ac-
cording to local experts, the
cia of the pure alco . c are
pe.
Today" generation ends
toward "poly-addiction," the ad­
diction to many ees, says
R�rt Eppelein, clinical direc­
tor of e Horizons Rcccwery
. CeatCr. AccoI'diag to EppeIcin,
,A there • general pattern amo
Iy- ddieted iDdividuala, 0
po . . ti
usually begie expen.�en l�g
with alcohol and manJuaDa m
BENTO N P - S' ena ado escence. "There' still a lot
He' ts CoIIeF Will COIld a of folklore out there that says al-
special . for . n t 7 p. cohol and marijuana are safe,"
day,JulylS ill Roo �106 he says, "and that just isn't the
Late Mich' College to ex- case."
plainits off-cam . (our-year, By the time they are 19 or 20
degree co tioG program at these individuals haYe begun to
LMC to' terested persoas, ac- experiment with cocaine or
cor' to Deb Carter, program other drugs. The alcohol may be
director. scondary at thi time, used
Aooor· to Carter, perSODS either to temper the effects of
e a bachelor's de- the other drugs, or used oc-
gree bOs�mess administration casionally, if the drugs arc n
or general udies at the Sic available. "The e individuals
Heights LMC location or a may not pereebe thcm.sehes as'
bachelor of apPlied science de- having a problem with alcohol,"
greeiftbey�old �ede- notes Eppelein, "although
gree ill a vanety of allied health, P ob ems - marital, legal, or
tr de and' dustrial programs. financial - with . are be-
Carter said, cia ses are coming apparen
cheduled during eveniDg If they con . to use drugs,
and on Saturdays to fit into their they become . urned-o�t". at
stbedules. S . said another at-orne time in their early thirties.
traction of the Sic Heights t By this time they have usually
LMC program· the fact that had enough of the legal
pIete up t? 90 problems and the great cost as-
aedi bours of 120 required. sociated with drop e.
for graduatio from Sien It is t this poUit. Eppelein
through Lake Michigan Co says, that the individual set�s
�� •. es the degree on alcohol. Because cohol 15
. program �ry �or�ble." legal and readily availabl as :
Pre-reptratJon r�ed �n as socially ceeptable, it i I.
& !-�. For -"
lor t .l1li4. consid red by many treatm nt .�
o�e InformatlO or to pre- profe ionals to be "the final •.
r er Carter 927-3571, P th ay" among
, h commmon
ex 1. 331, Y t r 0 U ose'o are poIy_ ddicte(t:
Fr· y,8:30 4 P. .
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green light by
County
I'
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on
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. cOIled 3S3 valid signatures
OIl cia peti . .. a 90 day
ADDie of � .
P blic Worb O' ector Carl harge i eluded in the
Browa., d . activist· recall petition include tbe
·the city only citizeo at- "br�ching co�tracts in su�
teadiag EIedioa Co . - matters as .farmg o� the: aty
sioD. She submitted the peti- manager;- lDterferrmg �d­
miniltrati e matters; voting
To force a � electioo, lh:e the best interests of the
Citizens. for POSitive. ell.ange cit); aeatiog bYe publicity
............ .;..-�---;....--- ..... ���'--���- bo t the city by promoting con-
fusi n; acting on prearranged
ite-. of bus' ess in the forms of
resolutioos or ordinances; and
re tedly mirrepresenting and
m' Ie ding citizens' on impor­
tant . matters.
oil elected OIl a s te
with WoOden and Shannon in
mber, 1987. Slate Ia fo­
bids recall until the subject
has held office . moD
olf ha been criticized
pub ically for, among other
. increasing � slarary of
ay's alca
'. Todays alcoholic is eit�r
currently ddicted to more than
one dru& 0 been addicted
to many diffluent ubstlDCCl
ewer the course of his life. Many
of tociays alcobolia or drug ad­
dicts become cross-addicted,
hich Eppelein say. occurs
en they stop usin& QIlC dru&
such cocaine, ooIy to . . ell .to
uother drug to which they dis­
cover they are also addicted.
This'is a very common story
amo people 0 see treat­
ment Ior cocaine ddition.
The good ccording to
. Eppe em,· th alcoholism and
drug addicti Can be treated.
and that recovery i possible for
the poly- ddicted, well as �e
primary alcoholic. The addic­
tive cycle ca,n be broken at any
time.