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Sobering up
Halfway house helps public drunks
By SHEILA SCHMITZ
Of the Emerald
Last year, more than 1,200 public drunks
were spared from sobering up in the local
drunk tank.
Because of a law that forbids jailing drunks
when a halfway house is available, public
drunks now are taken to a local detoxification
center.
The Buckley House Inc., at 707 E. 17th Ave.,
is the only public organization in Lane County
that deals exclusively with drying out
alcoholics, director Nick Isaacson says.
The drying-out process involves no
medicine or magic cures. The client rests in
bed, and the body slowly rids itself of alcohol
and drug toxins.
Because severe side effects — delirium
tremens, seizures and "the shakes” — usually
accompany withdrawal, a trained staff super
vises recovery.
Clients stay in bed for about three days
before venturing outside for short, supervised
walks. Most leave in four or five days, Isaacson
says, although older, heavier drinkers some
times stay as long as two weeks.
But some people leave before they get
sober, Isaacson says. So to avoid a "revolv
ing-door syndrome,” Buckley House does not
readmit clients for 15 days after they have
refused the house’s services.
Not all clients are brought by police, Isaac
son says. The Lane County Council on
Alcoholism also refers patients.
Because the building’s 16 beds limit the
number of patients, the organization operates
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Most of the staff are recovering alcoholics
who understand what their clients are going
through — and what mind games they may be
trying to play
“The best training for this job is to have been
an alcoholic yourself," Isaacson says.
But Buckley House does not offer long-term
alcoholic treatment. After initial detoxification,
patients who want further help are referred to
other agencies, such as Alcoholics
Anonymous, Eugene’s Behanna House (for
women), Carlton House (for men) and the
Stump Ranch near Triangle Lake.
Like many public-service agencies, Buckley
House faces a 10-percent cut from its $150,000
annual budget, Isaacson says. Most of that
budget comes from taxes, although the United
Way and patient fees ranging up to $26.50 daily
contribute some income.
The center may have to cut some services,
Isaacson says, which could mean some drunks
may wind up in jail.
If the jails become too crowded for them,
Isaacson says he fears the problem drinkers
may end up back on the street.
Survey reveals inflation
worries rich executives
NEW YORK (AP) - Strug
gling to get along on $20,000 a
year? A new survey of execu
tives making up to 10 times that
much shows that a big salary is
no guarantee against the wor
ries of inflation.
The Survey shows “execu
tives are not only genuinely
concerned adout inflation and
the erosion of their wealth, but
also are uncertain what steps to
take to preserve it,’’ said
Edward D Ryan, a partner in
Ernst & Whinney, the account
ing firm that commissioned the
survey.
The research organization
Audits & Surveys interviewed
200 executives with incomes
ranging from $40,000 to
$200,000 a year
Just over half of the execu
tives — 55 percent — said they
didn’t expect a higher standard
of living in the future. More than
one-third of this group said in
flation was the reason for their
lowered expectations
The median age of the
executives was 54. The median
annual income was $88,500 —
almost four times as much as
the government says it takes for
a family of four to maintain an
intermediate or moderate stan
dard of living. Ninety-seven
percent of the executives surv
eyed were male, and 90 percent
were married. The majority said
they were presidents or vice
presidents of the companies
they worked for.
The survey found that 14
percent of the executives —
about one in seven — had ab
solutely no strategy for fighting
inflation. Twenty-three percent
— about one in four — said they
were battling the rising cost of
living by cutting back spending
Sixty-two percent said they
used investments like real
estate and stocks to hedge
against higher prices. But 36
percent of the executives had
no confidence that the return on
their investments would equal
or exceed the rate of inflation.
Eleven percent of the
executives said they did not
manage to save or invest any of
their income. Another 11
percent said they saved or
invested 10 percent or less of
their annual earnings. And 27
percent said savings and
investments accounted for
between 10 percent and 19
percent of their incomes.
Despite their financial
problems, the executives in
dicated they were satisfied with
their jobs. Asked to rate their job
satisfaction on a scale of one to
10 — with 10 at the top — 39
percent voted for 10,19 percent
gave their jobs a nine, and 24
percent rated their jobs as eight.
About half of the executives
with children under 21 said they
wouldn’t want their sons and
daughters to follow in their
footsteps, but the majority of
these people said the only rea
son for their reluctance was that
they didn’t want to interfere with
the youngsters’ decisions.
The executives interviewed
for the survey worked in New
York, San Francisco, Atlanta,
Houston, Los Angeles and
Chicago
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