Sorority donates $1,000 SPECIAL rOTHKCHKONKl I Beta Alpha Chap ter of Iota Phi Lamb da Sorority Inc. has donated $1,000 to Kids Commerce. This is a business made up and put together by young people. The president, Kevin Crooks, was present at the meeting of the chapter to receive the donation. He was very apprecia tive of the donation for his business. He gave highlights of the different entrepre neurs' businesses. Some deal with works of art, making of com puter cards and draw ing. Crooks is also part owner of Fatom Computers Service. Good luck to our future entrepreneurs. Peggy Galloway; president of Beta Alpha Chapter of lota Phi Lambda Sorority Inc., presents a donation to Kevin Crooks. Alcoholism 1 from page AI you expect the alcoholic to gel treatment? Teague asked. She discussed some miscon ceptions about alcoholism: ? "People drink because they are depressed." Generally, people are depressed because they drink or use drugs, Teague said. Depres sion is also a withdrawal symp tom. ? "An alcoholic who goes through treatment is cured." Peo ple "don't understand that recov ery is a process that will be going on the rest of their lives," Teague said. ? "Alcoholism is a personality or mental disorder." That's not true, Teague said, but some peo ple suffer from both alcoholism and personality or mental disor der, although one is not the result of the other. ? "People become alcoholics because they are separated from God." ? "Alcoholics relapse because they want to." Alcoholics relapse because their bodies are making them really uncomfortable, said Teague, who has seen people in detox who wanted to die. ? "Alcoholics can't get better and stay better." They can. with the help of treatment and recovery programs, Teague said. Teague offers this advice: ? Realize that if you have a family history of alcoholism, you have a greater risk of becoming addicted to not only alcohol, but other mood-altering substances, such as narcotics, pain-killers, Val ium, appetite suppressants. ? Warn your children before they go off to college that they may not have as great a tolerance for alcohol as some people. Tell them that some college students have died from drinking too much at college hazings. ? Encourage family members of yours who arc alcoholics to get treatment. Don't just cover for them or stabilize them. In-patient treatment and outpatient treat ment are available, although Teague thinks the amount of treatment that many insurance companies will pay for is inade quate. She said, "Treatment for four days doesn't work. Fourteen days is a dream; it hardly happens anywhere anymore. Insurance doesn't usually pay for that. Four teen and 28 days would be won derful." "look ai your insurance (major medical) policy...You are going to have a cap on the number of times you go to treatment or a dollar cap. They don't do that with other major illnesses, except mental illness and addiction. We fought for parity and we're not going to get it." league said, ? If you are an alcoholic, real ize the three stages of the disease: tolerance, withdrawal. organ damage. What stage are you in? Realize that alcoholics have a greater tolerance for alcohol. This is why an alcoholic can drink someone under the table, Teague said ? Before prescribing mood altering drugs, doctors need to thoroughly question patients if doctors suspect alcohol or sub stance dependence. Doctors want to accommodate, but addicts and alcoholics can be masters of manipulation. Teague said ? Alcoholics need to know that an important part of recovery is nutrition. "Eat a nutritionally- * sound diet. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, all the things your mother told you to eat," Teague said. ? If you arc genetically predis posed to have an alcohol addic tion but it is not active, educate yourself about alcoholism. Teague recommends the books including "Under the Influence" by James Milam and "Beyond the Influ ence" by (Catherine Ketcham and William Asbury. Also, check out the Web site, web of addictions, which has lots of links. ? There are many good support and recovery groups, including Alcoholics Anonymous. Al-Anon, Alateen, Narcotics Anonymous, Namon (families of narcotics addicts) and Voices.. Teague recently gave a talk about alcoholism, at the Winston Salem Urban League. |_ Photo by Kevin Walker Cars line Carver School Road for a chance to get gas for $ 1. Gas from page AI was going to have to fill up this weekend anyway." Watson is in the minority. She likes the idea of $1 gas. but says she has not complained much about the mounting gas prices in the Triad. "I consider us to be very lucky when you think about other people paying up to $3 for a gallon of gas. 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