Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday january 7, 1976 ask or. Brothers by or. Joyce Brothers fugitive seeks Public help to remain in Community quiz alcoholic tendencies in addition to an estimated 10 million alcoholics in the United states Many More millions Are directly affected by the problem. How much do j of know about alcohol and alcoholism Here s a Chance to compare your views with those of some experts. 1. Children of alcoholics arc less Likely to become Al c o h o i i c s themselves than children of nonalcoholic parents. True false 2. Parents often contribute to their children s alcoholism without knowing it. True false 3. Studies have shown that those who abstain from Alco hol live longer and have bet Ter general health than those who drink moderately or heavily. True false 4. Once a person reaches la s mid-60s, he or she need no longer worry about alcoholism. True false 5. The alcoholic is More Apt to be Able to remember Bis first drink than the non alcoholic. True false 6. The important thing for the alcoholic to Reab be is that if he tries hard enough he can learn to control his drinking. True false 7. It s usually possible to recognize an alcoholic by his or her disorderly appear Ance. True false 8. If an alcoholic is to Stop drinking it is essential that he find the real cause his problem. True false answers 1. False. There is a 50 per cent probability that the child of an alcoholic May be come an alcoholic. In a re cent study of alcoholic women it was found that one third were daughters of alcoholic fathers. 2. True. Because it is socially acceptable in our society Many parents Don t re Cognize alcohol As a serious drug. They Don t understand the similarity of All mood changing drugs and they Are often so relieved that their children Aren t on heroin or that they re quite will ing to accept their use and abuse of alcohol even though it can be just As deadly. 3. False. A recent government report revealed that moderate drinkers live longer and have a lower rate of heart attacks than heavy drinkers sex drinkers or abstainers. 4. False. Or. Robert Campbell a new York psychiatrist reported that 80 per cent of men and women Over 65 arrested in metropol Itan areas were charged with drunkenness. No other age group exceeds this figure he noted. At least one Quarter of the Over-65 population admit Ted to psychiatric observation units cited alcohol As the sole or As a contributing fac Tor for their admission. Often Olden people Start drinking from depression brought on by loneliness and other social factors. 5. True. Harvard medical school studies indicate that if you Are a nonalcoholic social Drinker chances Are you la either draw a total Blank or be terribly vague. If you re an alcoholic you re Apt to remember vividly. 6. False. An alcoholic can t win the Battle Between mind and matter. So Long As he sees control Over drinking As an answer and a Chal Lenge All is lost. He or she can go on the but then As soon As the Challenge appears to have been conquered or won he or she will get drunk again to recreate the Challenge. 7. False. Most alcoholics look just like anyone else. It is a myth that the typical Al Coholic looks like a bum. Tills is True of Only about 5 per cent problem drinkers. Many Are Riding commuter trains driving children Back and Forth to school attending Pat meetings working in factories or offices or sitting in on executive Board meet Ings. 8. False. No one knows the exact cause of alcoholism. There Are indications that there Are some physical and psychological differences Between the Alco Holic and the nonalcoholic so Cial Drinker but it is Essen coing event the River Heights Community Centre will hold yoga classes starting the week of Jan. 12. Afternoon and eve Ning classes Are available at a Cost of for a 10-week session. Further information is available from Gail Caley my Oak Street. Lilly irrelevant in terms of individuals coping with the drinking problem. If you answered six out of eight questions correctly you Are More informed that most about this very serious prob Lem. Monroe Ore. A there is a petition on the checkout counter at a super Market in this tiny Community. It reads this is a petition to keep Ronald Dale Adams from being extradited Back to the state of California county of Alameda Lor violation of in August of 1972 he left California to avoid being harassed. He wanted to Start a new life for himself. He moved to Oregon where he was married. He has one adopted child and a five Mon Lovold baby. He has settled and is buying a Home and raising a family. He has been working for Larry Stephens roofing co. For the past three years and has an excellent income and is very reliable. He has become a very respectful person in this Community. He in the eyes of this Community is since the petition began circulating in this town of 480 last month co to 70 residents have signed it. Copies have been sent to gov. Bob Straub and California gov. Edmund Brown. Letters from Adams s friends and from his employer also have been sent to the governors. Adams says that five years ago when he was living in the san Francisco Bay area police burst into his room Early one morning confiscated a pair of stolen stereo speakers and arrested him for Possession of Ltd. He admits that the Ltd was his. He says he was drugs regularly in those Days. Bui he said lit bought the speakers from a Friend and did t know they were stolen. Adams served a year in prison and was placed on four years probation. He left the state in 1972, intending to Start somewhere else with a clean slate. He met a woman in port land Ore., and was married a few weeks later. His Uncle who lived in cottage Grove Ore., helped him find a Job with the roofing company. Lie knew nothing about roofing when i hired Stephens recalls. Dale worked with a claw Hammer and a Jack knife hitch hiking to work every Day. He stuck it out. Today he s my no. 1 Man. I can Send the Guy out to do Adams was driving Home from work a couple of weeks ago in his pickup truck when he was stopped by a state trooper who suspected the Rig m i g h t be overweight. He asked to see Adams s Driver s licence. Adams showed him his California licence. The suspicious policeman did some checking and found that Adams was wanted on a Fugi Tive warrant for violating his probation in California. Adams is free on bail and faces extradition to Cali fornia. 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