Alcoholic
rehab centers
help most
serious disease victims
North Carolina has three
residential centers for alcoholic
rehabilitation which are funded by
the state and administered by the
Department of Human Resources.
The centers are located in Butner,
Greenville and Black Mountain.
These centers are designed to
help people who have reached the
most serious stages of alcoholism,
marked by long periods of severe
intoxication and emotional
disorders.
The Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center (ARC) in Butner serves 26
cdunties in the north and south
central parts of the state. Like the
other two ARC's, it provides an in
tensive 28-day residential treat
ment program to deal with both
the medical and psychological
problems of the alcoholic. Access
to treatment is open to anyone
regardless of race, sex, religion,
age, ethnic background, or han
dicap.
The center, which is located on a
10 acre wooded campus, contains
three dormitories, an infirmary,
and three buildings for counseling,
lectures, activities, and administra
tion. The center can house up to 86
people in single and double rooms.
The ARC at Butner will celebrate
its 33th birthday in 1983 at its an
nual "Celebrate Sobriety" re
union.
Phyllis Orubb, a substance
abuse counselor, believes the ARC
is very valuable for the chronic
alcoholic. "First of all, it gives the
families of alcoholics time to get
their lives back togther," she said.
"It also gives the individual inten
sive therapy and it prepares the
person to get his or her life back in
order and to re-enter the working
world."
The purpose of the ARC is to
- give problem drinkers the therapy
? necessary to return to sobriety, to
feel better about themselves both
mentally and physically, and to
return to their communities and
jobs, Grubb said. The ARC en
courages its clients to continue
treatment through community pro
grams after their discharge. These
community programs are an im
portant step in the long road to
recovery for an alcoholic, she said,
because they help the alcoholic
readjust to his surroundings and
cope with the problems he or she
might face in the community.
The ARC provides a com
prehensive program of diagnosis,
medical care and rehabilitation
that is individually programmed
for each person's needs. All of
these needs are met 24 hours a day
by a staff of about 100. The staff
includes substance abuse
counselors, nurses, physicians,
psychiatrists, psychologists, activi
ty therapists, vocational therapists,
and dietary consultants.
"Our clients suffer from a varie
ty of problems when they are ad
mitted," Orubb said. "The
average patient is unemployed,
separated or divorced, and suffers
from two or three medical prob
lems. Most of the clients have been
heavy drinkers for 10 or more
years, which can cause lasting
harm to the body."
Program Director Deborah
Giles described the average day of
the client at the ARC. "It provides
eight hours of treatment," she
said. "The treatment varies for
each patient, but every day is filled
with therapeutic activity and
counseling."
The day begins with a lecture
and group therapy for everyone.
After lunch the clients are involved
in self-help activities, recreational
therapy, vocational rehabilitation,
discussion groups and individual
counseling. The self-help activities
teach the client skills such as cook
ing and job hunting that will help
them live more productive lives
when they return to the communi
ty. Medical appointments and
family counseling also enter into
the schedule according to each pa
tient's needs.
The evenings at the ARC consist
of AA meetings and relaxation
such as card games, ping-pong, or
a walk on the grounds.
A recent study revealed that
60^0 of the Butner ARC'S clients
were sober and not drinking six
months after leaving the center.
Grubb said that for a person who
has been drinking heavily every
day for 10 years or more, that is a
great achievement.
The ARC staff and counselors
encourage clients to become in
volved in community programs
after leaving the center. During
their stay at the center counselors
from the client's local community
program come to the ARC to talk
and encourage them to continue
their treatment with the local pro
gram. Sam Andrews is a good ex
ample.
Andrews fought a long and dif
ficult battle with alcoholism and
credits the ARC and Phyllis
Grubb, his individual counselor,
with his recovery. He now serves as
a volunteer at the Butner ARC,
and this past spring was a keynote
speaker at the center's annual
"Celebrate Sobriety" reunion. _
"The story of the wonderful
work that the ARC does has never
been told," Andrews said. "I'm
not ashamed to tell my story if it
will help anyone to stop drinking
and to seek help. Because of the
ARC 1 was able to see what was
really troubling me and regain my
self respect."
Andrews, now 59, began drink
ing when he was IS years old. For
35 years he followed a common
pattern of moderate drinking
followed by heavy binges. During
one period of several years he re
mained sober, but then he began
"social drinking," and gradually
he slipped back into his previous
self-destructive habits.
"I was meshed in the denial syn
' drome," he said. "In retrospect I
see that all the signs of actual
dependence were there. I just
didn't want to admit it."
Finally, through the pressure of
family and friends, vAndrews
sought help from the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Center in Butner.
Andrews says that although he
sought help, he wasn't mentally
prepared. "I was seeking help, but
inside I didn't care if it worked or
not; I still wasn't openly admitting
that I was an alcoholic."
His treatment at the center did
begin to help slow down Andrews'
drinking habits. The periods be
tween sobriety and drinking
became longer and the length of
his drinking became much shorter.
In the mid 1970's Andrews says
that he finally admitted to himself
that he was an alcoholic and
sought treatment at the ARC once
again. Sam Andrews has not had a
drink since 1976.
Andrews credits the ARC with
turning his life around, and not a
moment too soon. "My last treat
ment at the center had the right
combination of things," he said.
"I was ready to admit I had a
problem, and I was involved in a
wonderful follow-up program in
Durham."
Andrews noted that stopping
destructive drinking patterns is just
the first step in dealing wit the
problems of alcoholics. "The
hardest part is quitting and learn
ing to cope with problems in your
life, which I hadn't done before."
The group and activity therapy
that he experienced at the ARC
made him realize that it is impor
tant for every individual to have a
creative outlet. Andrews' form of
self-expression comes through his
music. He composes, arranges,
and plays in several jazz bands that
entertain throughout the Triangle
Area.
"Everyone needs an outlet,
especially those with drinking
problems," he said. "Everyone
who recovers from this kind of
thing suffers from a lack of self
respect. It's so important to make
contact with others - you can't do
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Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Article 21,
GS 105-322 of the Machinery Act, a meeting of the
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