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Tremendous Advances in Treatment of Alcoholics Betters Recovery Chances Editor' note: Thlt ! th Innrih ut lat ftf of dlipatrhts on alco- bolttm. It reports n the latett dvel-' npmenti In trralmnt of thu chronic dis which alliicu nearly five mil lion Amerlcani. 0 Louis Casselt Br LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington W Tremen dous advances in the treatment of alcoholism have been achieved in the last few years. The al coholic who seeks medical help today has a far brighter prospect of re covery than ever before. New drugs are responsible for some o f this progress. Tranquilizers and "mood lifters" are beuig widely and successfully used to tide the alcoholic through the agonizing "drying out" stage and to com bat the anxieties, tensions and depressions that beset his efforts to remain permanently sober. The Danish drug antabuse, which creates a violent physical allergy to alcohol, also has proved an effecteive support of sobriety when properly used. Attitude Improved But the most significant ad vance, in. the opinion of many authorities, has been in the atti tude of the medical profession"! toward alcoholism. At a meeting at SeattleWash., last November, the House of Del egates of the American Medical associatitei officially recognized alcoholism as a "treatable dis ease." It called on all physicians and general hospitals to accept alcoholics as patients on the same basis as the victims of any other disease. Some physiebns and some hos pitals may continue to reject al coholics as patients. But the AMA appeal already has opened many doom that once were closed to alcoholics, and more will open in the future. The Na tional Council of Alcoholism re ports that 3.000 general hospitals now accept alcoholics compared to less than 100 a decade ago. It would be hard to overesti mate how much this means to an alcoholic who sincerely wants to stop drinking, but knows he can't do it without help. No More Inquiries He no longer has to make sur reptitious inquiries about spe cial" sanitariums and clinics, or brood over the stigma" of en tering a mental hospital. He can go to a regular physician, per haps his own family doctor, just as he would if his disease were Snorting Bulls Make Louder Noises Along Wall Street Canyons Lixner Auzei By ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor New York W Bulls are snorting a little louder in the Wall Street canvons these days. Their snorts translated into everyday lan guage say the market is in the process of another at tempt at the record high set at the close on April 6 in the Dow-Jones in dustrial range. That record high figure was 521.05. Currently the market is less than 3 per cent below it and in territory where there is no beaten path. There have been only 42 ses sions in market history where the industrials were higher than they are right now and only six of them this year. None of the bulls expects this new attempt to be a one-way street for the rise. A lot of stock may be sold for profits on the way up, they admit. That would mean periods of decline in the process of setting a new high, if one is set. The market tried to scale the April 6, 1956. peak last August and came within a liny fraction of doing just that. In fact, the intra day high of Aug. 2, 1956, j at 523.33 was above the 522.12 of April 6, 1956 The closing high for the aver age so far this year was set June 17 at 513 19 and that was a new high since Aug. 17, 1956. The intra day top on the 17th was 516.81. The bullish elep.ent points out that the market has many things in its favor just now. First, it has the psychology of the summer rally. There has been a summer rally for many years and that fact alone makes the bears wary, it is held. Money Available Secondly, there is a great deal of money available for invest ment and for reinvestment. The latter comes from the midyear interest and dividend payments. Many market men think the re-investment of funds will be made in stocks rather than in bonds because of the inflation factor. This bullish tendency in the financial district comes at a time when Industry may be entering its dullest period of the year. The summer lull already is start ing and is expected to carry much further. Of course, the comparisons with last year will be less affected because of the steel strike at this time in 1956. Wall Street is looking into the future and it anticipates a vigor ous business recovery in the fourth quarter. It is noted that the future of business is the basis for the market of today. ' diabetes or tuberculosis. Once in competent medical hands, he will find that doctors no longer feel as they once did that they are largely power less to help him. He will he treated not as a drunk to be sobered up, but as a patient who is "sick all over." When he is fully sober, rested and in reasonably good physical health, he will be ready for psy chotherapy. This doesn't neces sarily mean months on the an alyst's couch, or even a trip to a psychiatrist. A good straight-from-the-shoulder talk with the attending physician may be enough for many patients who have accepted the diagnosis of alcoholism and are really anx ious to get well. The one point which the doc tor will try to get across in this talk, above all others, is this: An alcoholic can "recover" from his addiction many thou sands have and can go on to live a normal, happy, useful life without alcohol. But he can never be "cured" in the sense of being able to re sume "normal" drinking. His choice now is between perma nent, total abstinence and pro gressively worse alcoholism which will lead him eventually to madness or death. Group of Amateurs The most effective help he is likely to find during his struggle for permanent sobriety will come from a remarkable group of am ateurs who know little about medicine or psychiatry, but eve rything about alcoholism. They are called Alcoholics Anonymous. Much has been written about this organization, which now has 5,000 local groups throughout the United States, with a total membership of about 200.000. Its striking successes in helping alcoholics recover have been at tributed to many things. Some are impressed by its em phasis on "staying sober for the next 24 hours an approach that enables an alcoholic to face the often-terrifying prospect of per manent sobriety on a day-at-a- JULY IS JUMBO VALUE MONTH AT WARDS llDomice Sole Ranges Reg. 279.95 SUPREME ELECTRIC. 40 In., push button, perma-brite interior Reg. 159.95 Electric 30 in., large oven Reg. 159.88 Apt. Electric 20 in. Reg. 139.95 Gas Range 38 In. 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He will continue playing the Christ- Thursday, July 4, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHEE time basis. Others say its secret is tile understanding, sympathet ic, non-moralizing fellowship of others who have been down the road of alcoholism. The only requirement for membership in AA is "an honest desire to stop drinking." And the most important fact that a prospective member needs to know about its formula for recovery is: It works. EAGLE POINT Council Discusses Plant By MRS. THOMAINE SMITH , Eagle Point The city coun cil Tuesday discussed the pro posed sewage disposal system. About 35 persons attended the hearing. City Attorney Kent Blackhurst attended for legal advice. The council adopted a resolution for vacating an alley and called a public hearing Aug. 6 at 8:00 p.m. in the library. Plans were made at the meeting for annexation of school property. The Eagle Point Kindergar ten, under the direction of Edna Cunningham, will be offered in Eagle Point this fall if enough children register to warrant a kindergarten. Registration may be made by calling HI 6-3842 the week of July 8 through 12 and July 15 through 19 or by calling mas music until midnight to night. His program last year brought a great deal of response from all over the world. Wednesday the mailmen brought him dozens of Christmas cards from as far away as Maine, Connecticut and Colorado. at the E. L. Cunningham home at the Bar Lew ranch on the Brophy rd. This includes chil dren four and five years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ackerman and sons. Jim and Dale, and mother of Dale Ackerman went to Portland this past week. Mrs. Ackerman has been visiting her son and family and traveled with the Ackermans to Portland on her return to her home in Everett, Wash. Jim Ackerman stayed on at Sherwood with friends. Wayne Harbison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Harbison, re turned to his home Thursday, June 27, from the Osteopathic hospital after a week of medical care. The Glenn Farley family moved to Medford Saturday and rented their home to the Em mens family. Don Geren returned to Eagle Point Sunday from San Fran cisco where he attended the Lions International Convention. Geren joined the Glenn Hales and Stewart Hoppers at the convention. Geren visited friends $100,000 Damage In Fire at Ontario Ontario lff A destructive fire broke out in a store in On tario early today and officials believed damage will exceed S100.000. The blaze was in the Benson Glass shop in Ontario's east side business district. Fire Chief Bob Prahl said the fire may have been caused by defective wiring. All of the city's fire equipment was sent to fight the flames. An hour after the blaze began about 4 a.m. the front wall of the structure on U.S. Highway 30 began to bulge and firemen feared it would topple. Included in the .inventory of the glass shop was a quantity of linseed oil. in Sacramento on his return trip home. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hair of Seattle visited the Jake Olsens this past week. Hair, nephew of Mrs. Olsen, has been employed by Boeing of Seattle and it now being transferred to Los Angeles. Mrs. W. F. Geren of Silverton has been a house guest at the Don Geren ranch this past week. lllll h: ftJvf 5" more exatlfI2 If "Jt5 r-(Th& than ever L-.il- TTMntLJ Af!ltjivQ J trT - many street rype foil patterns ?n- "CSf' V & wt 1 J eluding geometries, paisleys, florals, Sy v plaids, and checks f fej? 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