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I sHer Jersey Is Champion PAGE l» - PLAIN DEALER • FRIDAY. AUGU8T11, l*7t UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOLISM s btmUh column from »bt Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Karen Spitxer, Ringwood. right, shows her Grand Champion Jersey In Junior show competition at the McHenry County fair. (DON PEA8LEY PHOTOGRAPHY) When Can a Person With a Drinking PreMem Find Help? Many recovering alcoholics can be successfully treated en­ tirely on an outpatient basis without having to interrupt their work and home lives. Outpatient programs exist in a variety of settings, including community mental health cen­ ters, family service agencies, private physicians' and thera­ pists' offices, occupational settings, and specialired al­ coholism treatment facilities. Inpatient services, designed for those with more serious alcohol problems, can be found in hospitals, residential care facilities, community halfway houses, and some al­ coholism clinics. To find the program best suited to your needs, start with the phone book. Helpful referral organizations listed in your telephone directory in­ clude your local council on alcoholism, Alcoholics Anony­ mous, your community alco­ holism or mental health clinic, the social services or human resources department of your city or county, or your county medical society. Don't hesitate to rely on per­ sonal contacts as well, such as your doctor, clergyman, a re­ covered alcoholic friend, or the health office or employee assistance program of your Company. A person's alcohol problem can't help but affect those close to him or her, and those persons may need help as well. Their understanding of the illness and the part they may play in it will help the recovcQf process. Assistance is available from Al-Anon, a nationwide organization offer­ ing support to spouses and close friends of alcoholics, and Alateen, for the children of problem drinkers. Both groups are listed in your telephone directory, or may be contacted through your local Alcoholics Anonymous group. Up to now, alcohol has played a very important role in your life--perhaps more important than you have wanted to recognize. It has always been there when you've needed it, like a reliable friend. But by now, alcohol may be creating more prob­ lems--family, job. hea It li­ the n it is solving. It just may not be paying off like it used to. Still, you may be thinking to yourself: "But can I face life without a drink? Can I really make it?" You can. with the help of others who understand your needs and problems. Getting out from under a drinking problem is not a painless process; it re­ quires hard work and deter­ mination. But millions of other alcoholic men and women, at one time faced with the decision you're con­ fronting now, have sought treatment and are now lead­ ing productive lives free of al­ cohol. It 15 possible. The pay­ offs--renewed self-esteem and control over your own life-- are worth the effort. Skinner Blasts RTA "Deal n • What's the deal? That's what State Rep. Cal Skinner, Jr. (R-McHenry county) asked this week "I'm not naive enough to believe that no deal was in­ volved to get suburban RTA board members to give Chicago control of the RTA Board until 1964," Skinner said. "With Pikarsky's term having only eleven months to go, one certainly can't justify paying him some $200,000 to get him to resign a little bit early." "What really defies ex­ planation is why suburban RTA board members went along with giving Pikarsky's replacement not only the rest of Pikarsky's term, but also a full five-year term," the McHenry county lawmaker continued "State law mandates that the RTA board be re-apportioned after the 1980 census Right now, the Northeastern Illinois P l a n n i n g c o m m i s s i o n estimates that Chicago has less than 50 percent of the total population in the six-county area, so it can be reasonably predicted that the suburbs would take control of RTA in 1961." ien. why did all four ban RTA board members vote to guarantee Chicago the RTA board chairmanship until 1984? In addition, the bulk of the very low suburban sub­ sidies have gone into railroads. I don't think that the general public would think that makes sense if they knew that the average railroad commuter household in the Chicago area earned 50 percent more than the average non-railroad commuter household, ac­ cording to 1970 census figures." Skinner now believes the RTA board is structurally incapable of adequately representing suburban in­ terests. For that reason, he urges those who agree to contact him at Box 306, Crystal Lake, m., 60014 and request anti-RTA petitions. "A total of 630,000 signatures will give the people of Illinois a chance to have another offical say on RTA," Skinner explains. "After last week's incredible performance, I certainly think one is overdue." State Aid Formula Explained Aug. 16 The Citizens for Ac­ countability ' group from Crystal Lake has scheduled a public meeting Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Learning center of North Junior high school, 174 N. Oak street, Crystal Lake. 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