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<br />.b.lorida has the highest consumption of alcohol per capita of any "About one-fourth of all our alcohols rhobby, or in some cases, what alcohol actually does to his others at the Dettox Center 1 area I
<br />t slate in the country In 1919 Indian River County lopped the list for Florida, referrals do drink. ' Jan Barker o[ many retirees. "1f they don't have treatment knows very little about Riser Medical Center, .e
<br />Vero Beach, said. "Anda }ot o! them enough money to maintain an active body. Ile knows that pleasure is t
<br />according to The Indian River County bfental Health Assail lite the Be trouble wh p they tare nces n hobbyan i enough money to play golf derived from alcohol, and it it is division of the state's Co n•
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<br />Statistically, at least i9 million people In the United States are alcoholicr, g m ey turn to aicohoi. for it with pain. it is said to be the Program lC.A.R.P. ).
<br />..But Itds is cast considered to be the tip o[ the iceberg," toxicated. But we have only had one every day or to have aboat —they indulged in to excess. that he pays prehensile s may or ma a lasso
<br />Bu a and former director of Alco•Hupe in Vero Beach, said. "It is case where a minor was diagnosed "They may start with several rare alcoholic who can explain how Atreatment be
<br />lcoholics may or may not go on
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<br />ixuhai•ly more like 20 million." Alcoholism has become an emergency Yet too often, she added. there untiI they are ddr drinking all impaireds judgmentg to loosened for The men evaluated
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<br />health problem. problems among the young people day+, inhibitians,comeabout. center are evaluated to drtermme
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<br />more statistics' Ten percent of all those who drink become whom she secs are directly related However, an AA member who is a And, although experts can give whether alcoholism is realty
<br />to their parents' drinking. retiree himself said he doesn't think detailed physiological explanations problem;' Piper said. "Ce%atio rs i
<br />alcoholics. and only l0 percent of the alcoholics in the country have been I'd say so percent of the child
<br />reached for treatment. The others there are more alcoholics in Indian hn how the human body metabolizes from le ns at the hold motivational s
<br />` have not yet admitted to themselves disease by the American Medical abuse and neglect cases and cases River County because it Is a alcabout olwhathet causes admit oncopersontlto courage alcoholics xtoe90 centerto
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<br />that their problem is alcoholism, Association, the United States where children are classified as
<br />even though their families, friends d Surgeon General and the World 'ungovernable' aro due to their retirement community.
<br />e coworkers may have identified Health Organtzatlon. Yet it is parents' alcoholism.' The parents ..it a person is an alcoholic, a become an alcoholic while the next rehabilitation Program. 1t'e have to
<br />` an would have shown up before he person remains a social drinker. built up their interest in giving up
<br />it. Or they may be "closet" treated most successfully by can't control their children because ol lhemsVIv4'%-"retired. But if you asked me if there They instead point is contributing drinking, theei`t hope."
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<br />ak nholtrs. H'umett most likely tali A l e u h o l i c s Anonymous I one oof `h`treasons alcohol con- are a great many heavy drinkers fachtrs for alrnholism,
<br />Into this catrgury of untested ..spiritually." among retirees, I would say yes." heredity, environment, and possible Iiupe, located on three acres on
<br />elcoh.,lics, loo ashamed to seek Alcoholism has affected in• sumption in Indian River County is Besides Alco -Hope, which offers a physical and emotional disorders. Barber Avenue where
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<br />treatment because of the stigma discriminately men and women in high is attributed by some to there are
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<br />rehabilitation progem, private program [Or alcoholism is voluntaorQythehpremises'pcfordthe
<br />all age groups and from all walks o! being a high percentage of retirees tour to six week residential alcoholic The first stepin
<br />ngrucl ng treatment with• stayh'Ranch used to be, are there
<br />may not be ready to give up drinking lite. Diagnosed alcoholics in this In the community.
<br />and to seek the help they need. in ,i tactor,' because
<br />Walker said. "It of AA operate programs for area drawetoxat from alcohol that manifesto duration of their tour to six week
<br />community seem to bear this out. "Drinking because of boredom to residents with counselors and uprobiemsmerous apwith ters lisclfein more serious medical and program, but there are no bars or
<br />spite nit what their problem is doing But while alcoholism among . a big physical ways than coming oft any security systems to keep them
<br />to their health, their family, their teenagers has reached epidemPie isaPiper, adminsh'ator of Alco- alcohol.
<br />job, their income, their sex life and pproportions in other communities,Hope, non-profit site Surprising as It may seem, ex- pace for gsometinflndian River A1cerHopaisaUnitedWayagenq
<br />otherlacetsottheirUGl the problem among people rehabilitation facility, also sees perts on alcoholism claim that the
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<br />MOST ALCOHOLIC PEOPLE ARE MIDDLE-AGED
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<br />n'r A University of California research team has found
<br />that the highest proportion of drinking problems is
<br />among men in their early twenties. The second.
<br />i highest incidence occurs among men in their 40's
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<br />I ai GETTING DRUNK 15 FUNNY. , •� �' �,.
<br />Maybe in the old Charlie Chaplin _ YOU'RE NOT ALCOHOLIC UNLESS YOU
<br />movies.. but not in real life. DRINK A PINT A DAY. _
<br />Drunkenness is no funnier than any There's no simple rule of thumb. Experts have `ry
<br />concluded that how much one drinks
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