By: Ritchie Rolfe

Anne M.*, a third year student at UPEI had her first drink, her first experience of its effects and her first blackout at the age of 15. She was curious about the effects of alcohol. Over the next year she began experimenting with pot and

hashish. Her marks slipped from .

an honours student to the 50-60 percent range. WhenoAnne w " ‘ twenty, she decided to go to first Narcotics Anonymous ing with the intention of qu' her marijuana addiction.'S attempted to quit several throughout the previous had found it extremely d While Anne was in the gram she realized that sit denying her alcohol addictl . that in order to quit on would have to quit both. Anne quit, she was smoking 3-4 joints of pot or hash a _ and spent 3—4 days of the drinking. She began attend Alcoholics Anonymous meeting Anne was asked'whether sh noticed any changes in her per- spective after she quit. He reply was, “Yes, about 180 degree turn; from thepriority in life to remain “high” oblivious to what. was going on around, oriented to- wards getting a drink, joint, a party, to learning to live without those things, becoming a useful

member of society, and working'

towards goals I never‘thought possible. Most important is that I respect myself when before I didn’t.”

She was then asked that since

she hasn’t drank for a while,~

what she now things her reasons i were for drinking. Anne said that there was a difference between starting and continuing. “Ado- lescene is a difficult time in life. I ' continued because alcohol gave me what I was looking for, con-

fidence, happiness (at the time), ‘

it made me sociable and not ‘so shy and withdrawn. It took away loneliness, periodically, then it (loneliness) would intensify as the hangover came. ”

“Often people say, there’s an imaginary line that they cross

Cockroaches find cozy hom

OTTAWA (CUP) — Cockroaches have found a comfortable home in Carleton University’s residence commons kitchen despite attempts by Saga food staff to evict them. Dave Cole, a Carleton student living in residence, said he met his

first cockroach while serving him— '1

self salad in the residence kitchen. “I felt this thing climbing up

. In his words, “I ju wanted to get “higher”. Some

‘ dependancies. fam' eer‘ lesCents by means and one to one counsel Killorn, a BBA gradu UPEI (1976), works at th and Drug Institute. He stat more and more young peop making up a greater percentafi the participants. He added over 80% of people under 2 children of alcoholics.

rn Within the illness of aleo‘ and drug addiction, sev‘ aspects of the personality ar volved ranging from physic ntal, social, emotional, a1 dependancies. De"

he illnesses of alco rug addiction are proba f the'few diseases in the wor hat medicine will not remedy,

orl_d Health Organization, is a isease characterized by the com- ulsive use of beverage alcohol, sulting in continuing life pro- ms for the user. The key to erstanding addiction “is the compulsive. What is the for this compulsion which ive the person use the espite its obvious detri

stead. T in a bar

nonymous, which" . u > if llowship of men . to learn how to be honest with myself and everyone. It took me at least 6 months to admit to myself that I was an alcoholic.

- Now I've been sober for almos

'ple and friendship recovered alcoholics. Instead wearing off forever the bottle, AA encourages members to stay away “one day at a time”. Con— centrating on today rather than

stagees in the ill’ these signs: They find t a can make them feel self-confi and at ease with other people; often want “just one more" at the end of the party; look forward to drinking occasions and think about them a lot; get drunk when they had not planned to; try to control their drinking by changing types of liquor, going on the wagon, or taking pledges; sneak drinks; lie about their drinking; hide bottles? drink at work (or in school); drink alone; fail to eat and become malnourished, shake violently, hallucinate or have convulsions when withdrawn from liquor.

8 Lorne R.*, a freshman at UPEI

I. began to drink and smoke mari- juana at the age. ‘of 17. As his'

Ygo for treatment. Talbot House on . Kent St. is the oldest. It began operation in the early 1960’s. It has a l-4 month program to pro- vide support for individuals early in recovery of alcohol and drug dependancy. The Treatment Centre on McGill Ave., began in 1964 and it provides a few ser- vices. One is detoxification which is a short term (4-15 days) medical facility, where an initial assess— ment is made of the person and it provides treatment for those with severe withdraw! symptoms. In) ‘1970 a rehabilatation program was added. This is a 19—21 day program including education in

is simple, the only prerequisite is the’desire to stay sober.

Today doctors, psychologists and recovered alcoholics know that there are specific symptoms to define alcoholism. The pattern is different for each person. One problem that surfaces is that the majority of alcoholic-dependant persons will deny the existence of these symptoms as they arise. Denial is the main stumbling block of alcoholism. The question of alcoholism does not necessarily

,. and saw four or five scampen‘ng across the floor One girl told me not to go in when-it was dark because it Was ‘creepy’ and that’s when they breed,” said another Saga staffer. ' Frank Gillett, saga food ser- vices director attributes the in- crese in the number of cock— roaches to a recent spraying which drove them out of the walls.

my arm and looked down and 'it was a cockroach,” he said.

Staff at Saga foods who re- fused to be identified said they’ve also noticed an increase in the

was filling a plate and a cock- roach ran right across the counter. I almost died, I was so-embar- rassed, ” said the employee.

The cockroaches are frightening other more squeamish staff away from the kitchen at night.

“I walked into the dish room one night to bring in some dirty - dishes and I turned on the light

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number of cockroaches. One Saga employee said cockroaches have been sighted floating in the heat- ing tubs that keep food warm.

“I remember one time when I

next week. To become a member.

hinge on how much or how often,

an individual drinks, but rather how he drinks — how he looks

' upon alcohol — how much it

means (meant) to him. In order to qualify asa person having alcoho- lism, one need identify with only four of the eight symptoms.

1. I’m-occupation with use Did you sometimes look for— ward to using alcohol or to

a week when you should have em thinking about something " se?

id Intake

at was your intention when used alcohol? Did you or sneak your drinks? Did drink before a social event? Alone

you sometimes drink alone at, home, in a bar? Did it ‘ake any difference to you at there was no one else ound when you were drinking?

Unplanned Use

Did you ever go farther than you knew you should have or thought you should? Did you ever go farther than you in- tended to go? i

5 .’ Protect Your Supply

Did you ever stock up —. just in case you would be caught short? Did you ever~hide your bottles?

6. Relief of Discomfort Did you ever drink because -you were nervous, up-tight, sad or depressed?

7. Increase in Tolerance Were you able to drink re- markable quantities of alcohol and not show it too-much? Did you have the reputation of a “two-fisted drinker”?

8. Did you ever experience “holes in your memory” during a .

in your memory” during a drinking episode? Ever wake up in the morning after, won- dering how you got home or' where you were the night before? ‘

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getting’high three or four times i

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One female cockroach can re-‘

produce up to 20,000 times a under poor conditions; in ideal conditions, this figure can reach 50,000, said an employee er PCO

gation service in Hull. “They can feed off a little blob

of grease that can keep the little guys going to perpetuity,” added ;Gillett. ‘

‘ ‘ ,Ltd., an exterinination and fumi-

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