Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 the health Page also available on the free press Home Page each monday Gerald m7 Ernail citydesk5freepress Rah sobriety id drink to that research touts moderation Over abstinence for some problem drinkers outnumber alcoholics four to yet correspondent Andrew Maxwell finds most help is geared to the boozers should drink to stay on the a new approach to alcohol abuse heresy in traditional alcohol treatment the idea that problem drinkers can drink three or four times a three or four Days a is gaining the american woman leading the moderation movement says its growing popularity reflects a Long standing need for an alternative to traditional 12step programs advocated for decades by groups such As alcoholics Audrey founder of moderation management and author of its Guidebook moderate says she was a problem Drinker she was less Alert at work and she had sleep finally she began drinking daily and sought alcohol became a Way to Cope with life the the Downs and in i drank when i was when i was when i was or when i didst know How i was but mostly i drank because it became a she says she spent 28 Days in a Hospital for treat but thought it was Ina Propri she also bounced around a she started to research for alter natives and Dis covered compelling arguments against the longheld View of alcohol abuse As a she quotes Stanton a Well known health and addictions researcher every Tenet of the disease View of addiction is refuted by both scientific research and by everyday this is True even for it was about then that she formed her first my group in Side of caution treatment centres have said lets err on the Side of if clients quit drinking everything is Kishline said in an interview from Ann the problem with that there Are four to five times the number of problem drinkers As Kishline alcohol is an unhealthy drug when abused and that Many people eventually find they must stay dry for but she rejects painting Alco Holics As helpless victims of an ill every Tenet of the disease View is refuted Audrey Kishline Ness Over which they have no con the problem is she people Are told they Are and that can be a self fulfilling Kishline says that like Many my members have rejected often citing the 61yearold pro Grams spiritual which urges members to turn control Over their lives to a higher grim tales others Are simply overwhelmed by the grim tales told Over cups of Black Coffee in smoke filled they relate to the peo ple talking about losing their fam Ilies blacking out and waking up in a new she my members tend to be younger people who Are not physically dependent on Are less Likely to have experienced Seri Ous life problems As a result of drink and perhaps Are daunted by the Prospect of a life time of she were about helping people ear Lier in their prob she which is not to say my helps everyone about 25 per cent of my members move on to abstinence based programs or centres after attempts at moderation we Are kind of a referral service to other which is Kishline my has yet to reach North of the but Kishline predicts a chapter will open in Montreal this year in the closest Kindred spirit to my is the Norbert foundation a 102bed residential substance abuse recovery Centre which also shuns the disease Model for All forms of substance abuse in favor of stressing Ity and personal Jean assistant executive director of the says most clients have lifestyle prob lems which led to substance we see drug and alcohol use As a symptom of an underlying prob Doucha adding those problems often revolve around troubled upbringing resulting in a Lack of and poor life residents Are typically Unzem she adding the Back Bone of the program is hard on top of learning a work ethic in the laundry or on building Jeff Debooy Winnipeg free phes5 Doucha says the Norbert foundation sees substance abuse As part of a larger often a Lack of drinking problems cover wide Range drinking too much or too or is not like being you either Are or you Arent whereas drinking problems vary from mild to the difference Between problem and chronic drinkers is chronic drinkers Are people who Are severely dependent on alcohol due to a High usually experience withdrawal symptoms if they Stop histories of harmful drinking Are frequently in the Range of 10 years or they usually have had Many Alco hol related crises in their Are in poor and have few social and economic resources problem on the other do not experience significant withdrawal symptoms when they Stop problem drinking histories Are usually often five years or problem drinkers normally still have most of their life resources intact and possess the skills and tools Nec Essary for the moderate on the other displays the following characteristics cleanup training offered can include Basic Job searching skills and High school residents can even work in the Community while residing and attending seminars at few aspects of life at the nor Bert or its companion 80bed Selkirk Healing Are the waiting list of Over 400 people from All Over North Amer Ica makes Quick entry a the House rules Are Tough As an infraction such As sleep remedies m considers an occasional drink to be a though part of has interests and other ways to relax and enjoy life that do not involve usually has friends who Are mod Erate drinkers or generally has something to eat during or soon after usually does not drink for longer than an hour or two on any particular usually does not exceed the per cent bag blood alcohol concentration moderate drinking usually does not drink faster than one drink per feels comfortable with his or her use of alcohol never drinks secretly ing late or breaking curfew earns a few hours of dishpan scrubbing pots and pans in the As any violation of the ban against using drugs or alcohol on the premises results in unconditional banish ment from the that strict policy is a necessary pillar of Doucha people Tell us that by their third or fourth they dont even think about it any the crap and does not spend a lot of time thinking about drinking or planning to source moderate drinking by Audrey Kish what is moderation moderation management founder Audrey Kishline offers the following guidelines for controlled drinking the my limits a drink is a 12ounce a four ounce Glass of or an ounce of do not drink every my suggests that you abstain from drinking alcohol at least three or four Days per for women do not drink More than three drinks on any and no More than nine drinks per for men do not drink More than four drinks on any and no More than 14 drinks per never drive while under the influence of do not drink in situations that would endanger yourself or new my members Are urged to abstain totally from alcohol for 30 consecutive Days before attempting moderate Ings Are the approach at Norbert is unique in Doucha while admitting it is not without its she says even the addictions foundation of which funds eight of the centres 65 staff has Dave administrator of awareness and information at the afm says the organization does recognize that abstinence based programs should not be the Only we dont insist someone who comes into our program must embrace abstinence As the Only possible he we dont talk Black and in alcohol abuse there Are various Points on a continuum at which people ask do i have a problem Kennedy says that the arms emphasis is educating the Public about lifestyle issues such As the dangers of drinking and and drinking during like almost All in the How Kennedy does see a As the Best option for the chronic a local a member says for the goal of moderate drinking was a painful Delu that what i worked at for she but the real Alco Holic cant control and enjoy the our body is we dont understand one drink and our body craves a six month resident at the Norbert foundation also says attempts at moderation were he a also failed him because it was actually too forgiving when he fell off the it was too easy for they respected that you could slip and come it was a cop out for he counts himself As one of the Lucky he still owns the Busi Ness he abandoned during his Binge drinking after two weeks of drinking 24 hours a Day left him a physical wreck who woke up puking he finally sought Ive Learned there is authority in this life rules to its not All there Are ups and he in an i just Deal with maximum value Sony trin Itron televisions deliver the most Brilliant images in the entertainment Industry this 20 trin Itron is Icilee for your bedroom or it has an earphone Jack for private listening and a sleep timer that turns the off after 6t or 90 your kids can even use it to 449 play their video i99 year Sony Olio More use Friendly for less and you still get that famous Sony Quality this new 11 trin Itron stereo is priced less than list years comparable Model bul hits More technical for variable audio output lets Yon control the volume of your Home theatre system amplifier by using you Riv the 2channel 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