Tremendous Advances in Treatment of
Alcoholics Betters Recovery Chances
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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-
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Christmas Music
Played for Drivers
Miami Beach Iff) Hadio disc
jockey Art Green conducted his
one-man safety campaign today
spinning such tunes as "White
Christmas" and other Christmas
music "for those motorists who
won't be with us next Christ
mas." It was the station WKAT disc
jockey's annual July 4th pro
gram of Christmas carols for
careless holiday drivers.
"It's for those who have drunk
a little too much, are a little
careless or a little too tired and
won't be with us on Dec. 25,"
he said.
Green, who began the first
Christmas in July show last year
began spinning the carols 15
minutes before midnight. 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.
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