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The Augusta News-Review - August 5, 1976 -
I Alcohol And Alcoholism
By Don Newcombe
Nobody sets out to become
alcoholic. I didn’t But we have
so many wrong notions about
alcohol, what it is what its
effects are, and how you get
rid of those effects, it’s no
wonder so many people are
trapped in the downward spiral
of alcoholism and alcohol
abuse without ever realizing
how it happened.
Very few people realize that
alcohol is the ‘'hardest” drug
of all - in terms of the
destruction it causes - crime,
highway fatilities, family
breakups, and more than 9
milion persons it affects.
Alcohol is responsible for
more deaths and more sickness
in our society than any other
drug you can come in contact
with and yet alcohol is legal,
cheap and common.
I want to teD you what
alcohol is, what it can do and
what it actually did to me.
Then you can make up your
own mind about how to use it.
First of all, since alcohol is a
drug, you can become addicted
to it and not be able to control
your drinking. And beer or
wine can get you just as drunk
as the so-called hard stuff.
People don’t realize that
there is as much alcohol in a
twelve-ounce can of beer, or a
five-ounce glass of wine as
there is in an ounce and a half
shot of 86 proof gin or
bourbon.
You can become an
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alcoholic on beer, I did. And
here is something else that
everybody needs to know.
Nothing but time will sober
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DON NEWCOMBE
you up., not cold showers or
black coffee— but just lots of
time.
For every ounce of pure
alcohol you consume, it takes
an hour for your body to get
rid of that alcohol, and most of
this work is done by your liver.
If you give your liver too much
work to do by drinking too
much, you might develop
cirrhosis and that can be fatal
Persons who drink too much
too often don’t eat right, and
even if they do, alcohol
interferes with the absorbtion
of vitamins and minerals.
Problem drinkers may get fat
boozing, but at the same time
they have malnutrition. Os
course, after a time,
unfortunately, alcohol also
affects your brain, and you
start forgetting things. I did,
even at the peak of my baseball
career just before my
alcoholism knocked me out of
the majors.
A lot of problem drinkers
have blackouts. This doesn’t
mean that they pass out They
keep walking and talking, but
the next day they won’t
remember anything that
happened. This is definitely
one of the signs of an alcohol
problem.
Another frightening part of
the illness of alcholism is the
personality changes that a
person will undergo.
My wife Billie said I was a
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One
night, I was told, I repeatedly
threw my terrified three year
old son Don Jr. in our
swimming pool, trying to teach
him to swim. The next day, 1
had no recollection of this and
for a long time my son was
afraid to go near the water.
My wife Billie, who suffered
through many similar
experiences, said I was like an
animal when I was drunk, cruel
to her and the kids. At that
point 1 was consuming two
fifths of vodka a day.
There are some warning
signs for alcoholism that
everybody should know about,
not just for your own use, but
for those you love.
Sometimes you can help
someone else to recognize an
alcohol problem and do
something about it before the
illness becomes far advanced.
Here are some of the other
danger signs:
Starting the day with a
drink.
Going to work drunk.
Being criticized for your
drinking habits by your boss,
your spouse, or friends.
Driving a car when you’re
drunk.
“FLETCHER
cont’d from page 1
community college. And then
a friend of mine there
(who was already a successful
optometrist) told me all about
optometry. And I was able to
observe first hand what it was
all about close-up,” he said.
With the encouragement from
and the favorable impressions
of his friend and his office,
Fletcher has decided to take
his own chance.
Fletcher, already confident
in his command of optometry
terminology, thought it
extremely beneficial that
layment understand basic
terms. He explained, “There is
a big hassle with people to
figure out whom to go to when
eye problems arise; whether it’s
an optometrist, optician, or
ophthalmologist.
“The optometrist takes care
of anything that happens to
the eye without prescribing
medication, but prescribing
glasses. On the other hand,’’
Fletcher continued, “the
ophthalmologist is a specialized
Getting arrested or having an
accident when you’re drinking.
Having to get medical care
because of your drinking.
One last piece, don’t hesitate
to teD someone if you think
they’re getting into trouble
with alcohol If you can
persuade them to look at
themselves or to get outside
help from a treatment center,
from AA, or from a doctor,
you may have saved their life.
You can’t do many things
for your brothers and sisters
that are better than that.
medical doctor basically
concerned with the pathologies
(diseases) of the eye. In
accomplishing his task, he may
prescribe medication or may
perform operations. However
he is trained to recognize
problems due to pathology.”
“Routinely, anyone with
any visual defect should go to
an optometrist and then be
referred to the ophthalmologist
if the problems are
pathological.”
“College students often ask
what they can do with the
sciences, and medical school
immediately comes to mind.
Well, there is always the option
for optometry,” noted
Fletcher, very much interested
in attracting students to the
field. He claims that out of
approximately 20,000
optometrists nation-wide, only
150 are Black and three are
only four Blacks in Georgia.
Fletcher pointed out, “I
myself would like to stress that
everyone should have his eyes
examined regularly. One of the
most important of our senses is
taken for granted.”
Football Classic Salutes
National Council Os Negro Women
Yankee Stadium, N.Y.C. -
The New York Urban League
will bring the “big ballgame”
back to the new Yankee
Stadium when they present the
Sixth Annual Whitney M.
Young Jr. Memorial Football
Classic at the Bronx ball park
on Saturday, October 30.
Bethune-Cookman College will
tangle with Norfolk State
College in a battle of
conference champions.
In a Bicentennial celebration
of its own, the New York
Urban League’s theme for the
1976 Classic is “A Salute to
The National Council of Negro
Women in Honor of Mrs. Mary
McLeon Bethune”. Mrs.
Bethune, founder of
Bethune-Cookman College, was
an outstanding stateswoman of
international acclaim; advisor
to presidents of the United
States; and one of the most
distinguished women in
American history.
The classic will present not
only a battle of conference
champions, but also a battle of
states. Bethune-Cookman
College of Daytona Beach,
Fla., are co-champions of the
Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (SIAC).
Fast-Pitch
Softball
Tournament
Slated For
Weekend
By John Hardy
On August 13-15, all roads
will be leading to Fleming
Field on Lumpkin Road where
the double elimination
fast-pitch tournament will be
held.
The tournament will be
featuring some of the best
softball players in the area.
There will be nine teams
involved in this event. This will
cap the regular season
fast-pitch softball league that
started in early June.
During this regular season,
the two top teams were
Sargent’s Three Tarven, 19-1,
and Supreme Fashion, 12-8. B
oth these teams will be going
full strength to try and capture
one of the gigantic trophies
that will be awarded Sunday
afternoon.
The trophies will be given to
the Ist, 2nd and 3rd place
teams and the tournament’s
Most Valuable Player.
J ames Perkins, league
director, said there will be a
5.50 donation. All of the
proceeds will go to the
recreation department for
repairs and to help with
expenses for the following
year.
All the action will begin
Friday at 6 p.m. We’ll see you
at the ball park.
“CUBA”
Continued from Page 1
requested by the patient.
We found that in Cuba there
is no organized, acknowledge
Family Planning program as
such. However, birth control
information and devices, as
well as abortion, are available.
Not enough room for
patients and equipment was
labeled the main problem
experienced by the health
facilities.
The visit to the Psychiatric
Hospital was fascinating. We
saw there that the concepts of
mental illness and patient care
are far more optimistic and
challenging than we find in our
own country.
We found busy psychiatric
patients taking care of 70,000
chickens, as well as working in
crews both in and out of the
hospital, and even playing
musical instruments. It
appeared that the withdrawn,
inactive patient was more the
exception than the rule. As in
this country, most of the
patients were maintained on a
therapeutic drug program.
I close this brief article with
a return to my original
thought: no matter what stand
one takes against the Cuban
Revolution, one cannot but
admire the astonishing strides
made in medical care for all the
people. We saw a number of
new concepts put into practice
and found more than one of
our preconceptions about
patient care and health care
delivery in general, shaken up.
Which is perhaps as it should
be
Next Week: The Cuban Diet
Food by Editor of the Atlanta
Inquirer
Norfolk State College won the
title of the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA) and will
represent the state of Virginia.
Big name acts will perform
in a pre-game show at the
stadium. Fans will get a special
treat when singing star Melba
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