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Council On Alcoholism Describes Thirteen Steps To AA Doorway
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — There are about five million alcoholics in the United States. Contrary to common belief, only three per cent of them are found lying in the gutters of big cities.
There are alcoholies in all echelons of the economy and all categories of society. You may be unaware of it, but there can be two or three persons living on your block who are fighting a silent, desperate battle against alcohol.
WOMEN are less inclined to become alcoholies than men. For every woman alcoholic there are 5.8 men. But scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about women who spend their days in solitary drinking. As comedienne Phyllis Diller says: "Around 5 o'clock every afternoon they put a dab of o'cedar wax polish behind their ears so they will smell busy when the husband comes home. The rest of their day is devoted to drinking.
Some persons are born alcoholics, meaning they are doomed from the time they take their first drink. They never stop drinking. But such people are in the small minority, and the alcoholic rehabilitation center says it takes an average of eight and one-half years for a drinker to step up his consumption to the point where he can be medically classified as an alcoholic.
The National Council on Alcoholism says there are 13 steps down the
ladder to trouble: The Social Drink, and here is where most people stop and remain for the rest of their lives. The Blackout: you can't remember what happened the night before. You drink more than your friends do and liquor means more to you.
YOU continue to drink more than you mean to: the intended two drinks after work turns into six. You begin inventing excuses for drinking (a cold, fatigue etc.). You start taking eye openers before breakfast. You begin to drink alone. You become anti-social when you drink (pick fights with strangers). You start going on benders or prolonged drinking bouts.
You are tortured by remorse in your sober moments but only briefly and then resume drinking heavier than ever. You develop anxiety over your ability to obtain liquor and begin hiding bottles around the house. You finally realize that are an alcoholic, perhaps because of a traffic accident or a bad fall on the stairs. You decide whether to fight it or succumb: either you turn yourself over to a doctor for treatment or give up and drink yourself to death.
The Alcoholic Information Center believes the alibi stage may be the most crucial sign post on the road to alcoholism, and describes it this way:
"MR. X refuses to admit it, but he begins shaping his entire life toward
the maximum amount of drinking.
To do this he erects a system of alibis and lives behind it. He tells his wife he is not interested in playing bridge with the neighbors any more.
(He feels they have him under surveillance and he can't drink as much as he wants to.)
Gronouski will be the first known official of Polish ancestry to serve in the cabinet.
Gronouski Named Post Office Head
WASHINGTON—(UPI) —The Senate Post Office Committee today quickly approved President Kennedy's choice of John A. Gronouski of Wisconsin to be Postmaster General.
An economist and teacher who now is state tax commissioner of Wisconsin. Gronouski was named by Kennedy to fill the vacancy caused by the Aug. 9 resignation of J. Edward Day, who left to enter private law practice here.
The committee acted after a friendy 30-minute public hearing featuring warm endorsements of the 43-year-old Wisconsin nominee.
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Quints' Mother Leaves Hospital
Monday, Sept. 23, 1963 University Daily Kansan
ABERDEEN, S.D. — (UPI) — Mrs.
Mary Ann Fischer, mother of the
Aberdeen quintes, left the hospital
today in the ninth day of life for her
five babies.
Mrs. Fischer, 30, went home to her five other children about 3 p.m. Her husband, Andrew, 38, came to get her in their new car, donated by Aberdeen citizens last week.
All of the babies were inducted into the Sioux Indian nation in a colorful ceremony last night in a downtown hotel lobby. It was performed by six chiefs, six women and three children — all descendants of the late Sitting Bull.
IT WAS LED by Sitting Bull's grandson, Frank White Buffalo Man. Since the Fischer fivesome could not be present, on account of being kept in the incubator reservation, they were represented by the president of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, E.C. Pieplow.
With a fine show of feather-flicking, dancing, jangling of ankle-bells, and chanting of a tune, the Indians flouted their ancient tradition of keeping women in their place. They named the four Fischer girls first and put the boy, James Andrew, last in the ceremony.
J. Dan Howard, treasurer of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, explained, "Our tribe seldom honors women in this manner — they usually take honors through their men. However, we are becoming more and more domestic in accepting some of the manners of American society."
"We wish the quints happiness and luck."
Students Sought In Swahili Class
"The type of instruction for this course will depend on the number of people who are interested in this course," Bgoya said.
Although Swahili is taught in every African school, there are few foreign schools which teach this language.
"So, we have to honor the women or we will get chased out."
Swahili is the native language of the peoples of central and eastern Africa, and is spoken by more than 65 million people.
Persons interested in taking this course should contact Walter Bgoya at 314 W. 14th.
A course in standard Swahili is being offered by Walter Bgoya, Tanganika, junior.
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