Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9,1991
Recovery group
offers new option
By Gerrit Koeppmg
Emorald Reporter
For decades, Alcoholics Anonymous' has been the
dominant self-help' group fur those Irving to stop
drinking. But the number of alternative self-help or .
gunizations that shv away or wholeheartedly reje.c t
A.A metluxls is increasing.
One such group that is rejecting, ti not outright'at
tacking the A A system, is Rational Recovery
Kevin Hornhuckle, local RationalRetnvery spokes
Ilian, said the program is dilferent from A A in that
"this is not a disease theory People are not the victim
of some genu that hasn't even been discovered
Rational Recovery instead tries to make pi ople take
responsibility for their own actions, he said
The A.A system consists of 12 steps that an alcohol
ic goes through before he or she i an begin to ret ou r
These steps include the individuals' acknowledge
ment that they are victims of u disease, that they have
no power against it, that they need help from a "litghei
power” to fight their alcoholism and that they can ne\
er fully recover
This "higher power" i an be any form of deity that
the individual chooses, or could even In' the expert
ence of members of the group at the A A meetings,
saiii an A A spokesperson
Part of the A A. program is that the alcoholic regu
larly attend A.A group meetings and that after fin
ishing the 12-step program they tell other alcoholics
about the program
But central to the Rational Recovery program is that
the; alcoholics accept that they can stop drinking d
they want to, Hornhuckle said.
"Rational Recovery offers a more hopeful view of
human ability you c an get over drinking problems
and get on with lilt-," he said.
Hornhuckle said a person bci tunes an alcoholic
when lie or she needs alcohol to do what one t an't tin
for oneself.
"Rational Recovery teat hes people how to deal with
the problems that caused the alcoholism," Hornhuckle
said.
He also said the Rational Recovery system iielievrs
that a person can Ixs "cured" of alcoholism
"You've seen people who say 'I'm an alcoholic and 1
haven't hud a drink in lfi years ' Alcoholism is what
you do, not what you are," Hornbut kle said.
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Sexual Assault Support Services offers aid
Organizers seek
volunteer help
By Hope Nealson
f merald Reporter
Thu Soxual Assuult Support
Servlcos opened their offii e
just lust wick As proof ol tfit'
rued for such an organization,
several people huvu already
sought help there
Thu new center provides cri
sis intervention, advocacy and
counseling for people who
have been sexually assaulted.
SASS Voluoi' Coordinator
Drill Collier said SASS is seek
ing volunteers for its 24-hour
crisis line. She said a core
group of 11 volunteers is now
pulling double and triple shifts
to keep SASS operating
smoothly.
New volunteer training will
be Oct. 17. The training will
cover areas such as crisis inter
i f -
Erin Collier (loll) and Amy Pincus, volunteer coordinator and director
ol the Sexual Assault Support Services A core group oI 11
volunteers is working double and triple shifts to keep SASS running
volition skills, counseling
skills, multi'Cultural training,
and homophobia prevention
skills The group will also go to
Eugene's Sacred Heart General
Hospital ami visit thr Spring
field and Kugem* polite depart
men Is
Interested people can call
In addition !u ihr hour
crisis lmi-, SANS director Amy
i'incus Sidd the program in
tends to provide counseling,
support groups, and referrals
Community outreach will be
another important part of
SASS, she said That will in
vo 1 ve speaking tn public
schools and giving presenta
tions to help educate the pub
lie.
I’incus said there was a huge
outcry last December when the
Sexual Assault Resource Cen
ter, formerly the Rape Crisis
Network, closed because ol
funding and management prof)
loins.
Other ageni ies, such as the
W h i tub ird Clinic. Oregon
Counseling Center, and the
University's Crisis Center took
crisis i ails for rape and other
sexual assaults th.it were lor
Ulerly K( !Vs tasks, I’im us said
llasani Kudurn. a member of
the University's Unwanted Sex
ual behavior Task Force, said
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Daring art
Thi> art
work In
'Graduate
S t u <i ti n I s
'*)1an ex
hibit corn
mi' In till’
I.aVerne Krause (lallery, is
some of thn boldest Unlvur
Miy student artwork in town..
Paintings, prints, eorain
ios and more will lie display
from Oct 14 to 25.
See story, Page 9
Muslims_
An ongoing dispute be
tween two groups of Muslim
students that has resulted in
a day in court and the re or
gam/.atiun of the MSA look
a new turn recently when
one group removed itself
from thi> fray
See story, Pago 6