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;< Bi:n ii’as sill; anii ir’ri’ei:” -“iiell- “-:rrrr-ine i-.,,aiit ir-‘ rtiai<i: ii’iei’ris Br’r: ;,,;r. ir; ir.l,.ri i,: 1r,: sociai-;ie. :-‘orrithir,a ‘-. ,,,,. -tus.u uP’ rr:akrrr$ rLLrrr ! tr ?ase. One evening’ as he i-…t”,i ‘r-iri’ ‘;illage taveLn, through the i’.’rl.ir:’,.’j iic saw some of his classf*nbl** $rinkors m:r’,cs i-ineti up at the bar’ In an acute ,iiii”i. of lon-eliness he remembered
ani iln* srimeihing one oi them had said to him’ “Wnat you need.” was the injunction’ r-, eoi,a tall drink to loosen yoll up-‘ g;fi turned back and n-ent through :he swinging doors’ otdering,a Tom -SrIdetlv Ctrri”r. he found himself oiLl”g v,’ith a voluble wit that brought upiro.,,’ing ciaque around him’ His “, drst’drink l”ed to anoiher’ The dis- “ou”ru l,im of what liquor would do for Joon hlought him to increasing his intake. By-ii”rs ,ai”.i 3raduation day Ben -or” of his class’s best “she was a,1so one of its top to H*lp I[*m r1r’inkers. As ilr-rdents, he had no trouble in finding a job, and for sever-al Years he went sleadily airead. In th-e rr-reantim€’ 56rnsthing had been bir aicohol fron’l l:aopening 1o hi:-r. Tire drinking he health recorcls tell us that out of the lost ones bounrltirei’ h’st drurk 150.000 first admissions to the private ii;; ;;; ttrer’ liad l,”i’t”g”n at college went on at the Their one hoire is thar irefnre it is totr [.t ;”tig*ai(runC the corner from his his and public mental hospitals last, year, rm””. r’.’eni there everyday.on over 11 pet’ cent wer-e affiicted with late they may reaiize ‘.Trhal they are up .,,.,:,v hom.-. l-aier it was cocktarls wltfr acute ot’ ih,onic al,:oholism. Reports against ind ieek hclp “^’here it may- be fo”und. And that is rt’ith the medical iris wife atrd their f-iends at some from the Federal Bureau of’Investigamen and psychologists rt’ho have made smart cockiail bar. Or they rvent to tion. takine in 7,214 cities with an -population of 39,147,097, alcoholism lheir sPecial studY. cocktail parties. By dinnertime he was aggregate For manv vears slight progress wa:’ ,vhat he’cirlled “pieasantll tighr”‘ Be- sfrIw”that ot’tft” 4,365,420 men and iore lona he was augmentmg rus women alt’ested in 1939, over 592,000 made towi, cl the discor er’Y of the ”nick-me*-ups” wjth highballs during were charged with drunkenness. How nature of the malady-rvhat causes it manv of ihose booked for disolderly and horn’it may l:e cured’ While there ,1i”””, anC nlumerous brandies through is still much to be lealr-red about it, the lhe evenirr€. People said he must have .ord’r.r”t ot tL’affic violations were inhollow l.gi he held so much liquor so toxicated rve have not been informed. majority of scientists have come to the we11. Nor have u:e arrY waY of knowing how conclusion that in n-iost cases its eause The tirne came ivhen Ben’s drinking rnan5z s66tt* those held for drunken- lies in some deep-seared emotionai ness \i.rel’e lepeaters. Quoting Austin disturbance rvhich has upset their left his rvit benir-rd and l-re becamc mer-rtal equiiibrium. r-er-rclerin-g them .,,rrt”lsorlr” ancl tlr’so,’cler15– In his MacCor-mick, lormerly Commissionel unable to cope u,irh the difficulties f,outs of sobei t’egrct he les+1′”-ed to of Correction for New York City and nol, executive dilector of the Osborne arising in their evei’5rcla1,’ f,ives- Tll-is ,roea ofl. or’ 😮 si^p his .jiirlkine thorr. 511,ing 311,61- {rom the nonlal is usua1l-v He could dtr neiti:er’. Ar lhil :i- hc ll’as ,{ssociation: “We do kuou’ that an alury o[ human beirtgs. prolrablf int’o the ile:ult of some chiitihooci event or an inebriate. One by orie his iriencis circumslance. There is nc such thing fron.r him’ His wife the rnillions, chalged with intoxicarion had’dropped ^His away job ‘1vas gone anci he was pess through olll police stai ions, as inherited alcoholi-“m. Brit a chiid left him, ^”or.rrir, jails,-and rnentiL hospirals each mav inhet’it a high-strung llerlious rrnable to qet attclhet olle. Ben was-not a weaklirrg or’ a lascal’ year.” s-vstem ‘,r’hich nia5′ later give !L* . – These figures do not cover thal un- tendencp’ to excessive clrinking. Mati;’ lle was a mental in'”a1id, belonging to inebriates at’e high-stlung, iiriaginaihat gloup of men arrd ‘won-r=n upon computed number of heavy drinkers to nuances that at’e lost ,.’.’hom alcbhol acts as a virus, eating of a[ ages, from ado]escence to second tiwe, ancl alive driung childhood, who manage to escape on those keyed to a lorr’er Pitch. its way lnto their resistance. {C.ottlauetl r:rr Page 38i them io greater: and greater indul- al’r’est or commitment. You can see eence until their drink’lnq becomes a thern any afternoon and evening in ir,’face rrtark of a disease ‘r’hit’h. ii mosi cities and torvns or out on the rinchecketl, may be no less iatal ihan higiru,ays in the rulal dist-i’icts, seated l,ubereulosis. Just as tubelculosis, among the casual and moderate iaken in tirne, may be ar:rested, so may drinkers in eaf6. cocktail bar. night alcoholisrn be alr-ested. Unlike tuber- club, oL’ roadhouse. Tensecl and ci-ilosis, which is on the lvane because hunched at the bar, or slouched ir, ,-,f the u,idespread rnedieal campaign chairs at tables, they call for one Clink rqairrst ir. l’li ‘h,’l’slrr u’.iich has had after another, folding theil hands i,itle Con. r.c cief.at it. Hl:J :ri,)sl oi +hat tenderly around theil glasses. lheil lirtie ili-acir-iset’i anci {utile. is cn the eyes heavy with stupol sr lestless rip-and-up, pa|iieuiari-r’ so among from their artificial elatio:r. Sometimes ,.rlo,rren antl tha .!:out”lg. As lis best they are hilarious in the midst ol the ploving gror.rnri js sitess and strain, it crowd, as it draws about them the nori- 1:ecomes olc of the trrost impor- better to ridicule them. Sometin:es :lar:l rf i:rr ::aiioiral irealtil problems, they retreat into a corner- 1t:, thealalri li,. ll’ei’etrtioir and rl;e = ;elienl’: selr,es to drink fultivel-r, theil eyes lari.,- :l; i “:: l”-ai:\ilji:i ,i:i”:”- tur”ne.i inri’ard on tl-reil pool’ dlear-tts. Hcr’; .*:an-y cintnkalds liler’= at e i:l Whethel the-v drink a gr-eat deal or’ :lhis :cu:-:ir’],- rve dc noi i-rc:’.– Pui:iit a 1it’r1e, a.1one ol in compan1,, thel al’e Iir !iEiliii\’,
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-.r’as :L boiile ]:’,” i:s 1.,’tci:::ije iri’,’c:s- PNIIEI,EM I}NIilKEN$ X}II} Ht}W TII HET.F THEM :rilil::l rip.r tr: i’lr”irii- h.l.: iii:-ll::rr. al;irt:inq:. iiis o;.l[ r:r::t:]sr, i:;d iri.ri,ir r–.r rrt-.r- Continued fr*xit Fagc t& il;q ::r :rrlti i;ttl li .:”:i.,.:!-:s ;:i:ti -,’,::t”:l: . . .” Sr. tr:Ait-,’ i,Li:rgs :-,1a.’. ::. : i.si,l,:’,:ll:li’ 1:;t:, :t:,., :,t :r:r. :r.l.rtetrr.S’ii::::. :,rirl:iilirgS l: L -,.: r., l ‘ ‘ :’ ; ll,:’ :..,]t,..-‘,-‘r,, ‘, i t’ f,i. :irel:se1, i:: ::: “,-ii.i: .;1r’,ri:,rii-rr:- :ii-:ij “?’ ‘ ‘,-…:-,.” :’rri l)e r-‘;-.]iirrt+i aieri. i\iI’E.,:.’i l-,’. llal i t,i… : ; ‘ 1:i: i :’: ‘,..’l:rl i-‘is il: li rieii,:itrii it: it’e. -‘{‘,’.’, Ber i’t’;ii;-.il lrl:r.reil ?r’-,iir:: .i1: .. . .’ ,,is( ;piiirt. :lrlt,1t’Jr: -D: ,1. ‘ I req.,-,, .’,1-r’vr-‘rys i, irir r ,e. at tite oaine Liine ever’y da;’ :r:tri ‘,”rlirr.l:. i’,,,r-‘c. :ircl:k or ace’ider:’. iiel’llI’ir* og’r izeri i:i iilr !.r:te ri spetlial ist,”‘i i 1 letlci r i oui his rnorn’i:rg -e11’!g. pri :!r.3^,::i ‘. : . : ‘ .:i” .,- ,,t-, ‘rL. hrir: l;irci,, r,i-,:’,ru:ri: .lii:.,r’it,,ir: :iit’ ioi’ 1,., ha-cl .)l’a!rgc iiiice. h:,,’, :::iil ‘ -. a ,d.=. i llr . ,.7r..,trvrr’ ,,,.., ;,. i.’ 1-t-:esc rr:;t’.’ rii l’. i. ;l li.:lci .,1 r:l hrill:eii’ the. 1rrri i.,;isc r,i i:-‘,t:loring lis illless ; :.”i, . ]r,:i,.’i:- -‘ I ,,”,”,. ,r ar,,t)P;:;’ and ,,pt,.::.. Jr .:\ /r’Jrr i .r,,_r co!-l- For” irirrci’r,:uL ailci aii!r,.: se,: ”’ar{L ar’. .r:’rri e go1.isiira1. r.rl’ il :’lsonr:riblr: i’tici t-,butirrs.aiise., :itr:,tr-,te lirtle cYer’.i iai :-. :rt{r :a.ti:il’t’ 1 A , eg:rtlei .l;iil.,.- srir:r:l1L’: -:”‘rll :.r-,. :,ls of ironrc-grc’.vn ‘,’egeiairies. :’ .:si, I , l,i;-,’::,t’i .ri : ier ar, -l tt”.i;t I alr”t “ttt:’;:.r.tiir! !.tint :,i’rciy,,, togetiret iii.-,’ keep ‘iris : itr,,: t irlii’ uucuDieri :”‘rti:, {:’r:.r. meats. milk, cheese, ali in ir :ri.’pc,:’Lroi1 to make utr; riic deficiertries-,r: .i:::il’i”-i’ 1,, ,.,;,tl. .i Lrr,pOSsible -iOl tir. worth-whilc aci i-‘ :iies. ..’.rr::rl ‘..;hc iiave ‘been sllbmitted to 5. Ou-rcioor exelcise and pienty ot his folmer diet. Wiien breakfast ‘,’. i,., ‘,,,,.,., -, face the difficulties of adult lest and -*elax:tion. to case :he en-l., o..’er he and his fellow guests .vn-..kr:i.t arorrnci the farm, making ha’,, liggi:r:: ., – I.- I I iei I r:llt-l r’r to escape they ti onal’Ap,-11,,i.;,. ter’,..; i,r-.s. djtr.hes. growil’,”g vegetables. or’ :e,.rli. il.:-‘r! :(: rie-.t, tl:lt.. h,s ,r,! I . 111r r’lr .:. slte a nou j -lal r
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some time the therapist staved clrise cause faciiities fol crili:rg ther-n ale no’i To that purpose. the Research to tl-Le patient. dilecting |ris n’rind ii-rto ar.ailable. Private falms ale boih r-ar.c Council on Plobiems of Aicohol. rvith rharrnei*. au’a5′{rom drinking anrl cott- arrd i:xpensive. Or-rlr. a feu. incomes just such a r-nernbelship. has fol the last r.ivialitl-. poinlir:g oui hci”‘ iris l-ri’i,;i;- carl afford sri,stainecl ps_..,chiatric treat, thlet- yeals been bending its e{Tolis len-is r:oi:ld be n-ret in-.r-ead cf evaded, ment. Lay psi’cirologist-., while in- toi,l,ai’cl a concise plogralir of oper-ahelping him tc clisco.rer’ new abilities, creasing in number, are not abundant, tion. L: the irospitals. ulivei’sities. and developing new intelests and, finally, and they too are prohibitive to all but private practice, the medical scientists a u,hole new attitude toward life” In the well-to-do. and psvchologists have been iookine this Ben had the help of the uther Only three or four states make any- furthei into the narure of alcoh,rlisnl guests who also t,ere in some stage or thing like adequate provision for the and ihe reactions of those wt-ro ale its othel of recovery. Swapping experi- alcoholic who is neither criminal nor vietims. They have experimentecl t iti: er.rees wj.th thern often threu’ iighr on insane. The churches do their share new therapies and new- eontrols. ?hey difficult3r. Another important of salvaging. but they reach only a have corsulted with the heads oi penal =ometaken point cale of by the healet was limiteci nurnbet’. institutions and mental hospitais, tith the r:o-opelation o{ Ben’s paren1,s. ivho Even tiie qroups of former in- the judges and court officials -,r.hc wer”e soon br:ought 1() terms v,’her-i the ebriates, such as Alcoholics Anony- handle cases where intoxication is an seriousness of theii’ son’s condition and mous, an account of rvhich appeared issue, with clergymen and social iis causes were placed irankly belore in a recent issrre of Liberty, and whose workels. thern. gratuitous anci successful technique of sav that they still have a gr.car It took eight n-ronths :,c .ijailqe Ben – Th-1′ healing is e;<lending itself to al1 parts deaj t,, lrarrr about it. and a long r,..a.r. into an articuiate. …veli integrated, of the country, are not widely effective to, go heiore they can come tc anl normal human being r’,’hc, ::equileC in the faee c{ the immense roster of adequat.’soluti,,l. But this much il’rei, neither stimulant nor na,rcuiic trr staird those who are suffering from the have ar : ived ar: rir- need for a up against the pains and pelpiexrdes disease. centraied anrl irrtensive campaien “o,,on of life. What, then, is the answer? Not pro- the oa: r ,,l: p,ririic health autLJ,.iri”. In the {our years tirat ha.re elapsed hibition-its disaster is still too deeply for educating the people to the meansince then, liqur:r’ has had r,: piace in entrenched in memory. Besides, the ing of aicoholisnr: the need for. inol’e his thoughts. Hc has a gooci job. one question involved is not the use of and more j/oung nien of special abilihette:’ suited io his abilities tirar: rhe liquor by the normal and well poised ties r,. ral-,- up healitrg as a professi,,r:: cle iie had befole. He ls happ;y ir.i his who can take i’r or leave it at will, but the i,-eti r’,’t i:ci.1..r. co-operatior; bcseclrrrd marliage. His horne :.n the the abuse ol it by the sicL in mind tweer: the liquor industry ancl the country is within easy coinmuting dis- and heart ..:,’hr-, ale driven to extremes moderating agerrcies; the need fol speianse of the c-ity. and his spec-iai hob- by the veii/ nature of their indisposi- cial alcr-rliolic n,ar”ds with a specia.i bies are his week-end gardening and tion. The solution, therefore, lies not staff in aII pubiic hospitals; the-need his putting greerl. in the grasp of the reformer-q but in for alcoholic far:ms as a supplement lo Unfortunately. a1i problem drinkers the authority of the physicians, the jails and, police courts and public are not brought around with such a psychologists, and the social scientists, clinics where those whose drinking good tr:rn, For er,ery Ben there are supported by all those citizens who are has gone out of control may go foi thousands who a.re forever lost, not alive t. what it is that needs to be counsel and treatment. because they are incurable but be- done. THE END
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