Outpatient alcoholism care grows in cost and use
A congressional study links alcoholism to 10 to 15 million Americans with broader impact on 35 million. The report notes alcohol abuse drives 40 percent of family-court problems and half of auto crashes. Employers bear $120 billion in costs, with typical alcoholic workers costing 25 percent of pay. Outpatient treatment, led by Blue Cross Illinois, cuts costs and improves productivity.
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Office of Technology Assessment
United States
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Illinois
Leigh Morris
Jonathan Shattuck
Jack Clark
Lutheran Center For Substance Abuse
Lutheran General Hospital
Clark
Hunter Smith
General Motors
Electro-Motive Division
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Smith
Lutheran General
Shattuck
Dear Abby Readers Favor Women Initiating Calls in Dating Debates
A Dear Abby column collects readers arguing over whether women should call or wait for men to call. Opinions range from supporting female initiative to upholding the old rule that a lady never calls. Readers from Bel Air to Oregon share experiences and preferences about who should make the first contact.
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Phoenix
Oregon
Mother Overcomes Addiction and Plans Nursing Career
A woman recalling years of alcohol abuse describes detoxifications, jail, and prison experiences, her divorce, and eventual sobriety after returning home to Odessa. She attends AA, contemplates a halfway house for women, and plans nursing classes, saying she will take it one day at a time.
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Big Spring State Hospital
State
California
Odessa
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bonnie faces sobriety and shattered family life in recovery story
Bonnie recalls a painful past marked by alcohol and domestic strife. She describes deserting relationships, divorce in 1977, and poverty while she worked briefly as a clerk. Alcoholics Anonymous aids her recovery, yet she warns sobriety is long and hard and advocates for a halfway house. She notes two women died the first sobriety year and highlights widespread women’s illness passing across generations.
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Bonnie
Alcoholics Anonymous
Parkinsonism group regional meeting in Dallas
The Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society hosts a regional meeting for potential new support groups across Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana and New Mexico. It runs August 18 19 from 8 am to 5 pm at Marriott Park Central Dallas 7750 LBJ Freeway Coit Road. Registration is 16 per person. Contact (214) 343 2315 for details.
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Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Marriott Park
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