Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1979 Page: 4 of 12
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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 21.1979*4
fLU Briefs-—
Bandana sale
Blue Key, men’s national honor society, will be
selling red bandanas before and during the first half
of tomorrow’s football game, according to Dale
Menefee, Blue Key spokesperson.
The bandanas will sell for $1.
Members will be stationed at the gates and in the
stands, Menefee said.
Alpha Tau Omega
Texas Zeta Theta chapter of Alpha Tau Omega
has scheduled a victory party tomorrow, im-
mediately following the Lamar-Louisiana Tech
football game, according to Rodney Howard, public
relations officer.
The party will be held in the Americano Motor Inn
Party Room, College at Interstate 10, Howard said.
Victory party
The Cards and the Techsans will host a victory
party after the football game Saturday in Brooks-
Shivers Dining Hall, according to Bruce
Graugnard, president of the Cards.
The victory party is set to begin at approximately
10p.m.
All Cards, Techsans, their guests and interested!
persons are invited, Graugnard said.
Beta Beta Beta
Delta Omicron chapter of Beta Beta Beta,
National Biology Society, has scheduled a meeting
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., Hayes Biology Building, ac-
cording to Angela Dolce, publicity,chairperson.
All biology students, BBB members, and in-
terested persons are invited to hear a guest speaker
from the Texas Air Control Board, Dolce said.
For more information, call 838-8221.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity will
hold a casual get-together tonight, according to
Rick Greig, second vice president.
The get-together will be held at the Giglio
Distributing Co., 330 Park St., 7 p.m., Greig said.
Actives, advisers, alumni, little sisters, new
pledges and all interested persons are invited to at-
tend, according to Greig.
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi has scheduled a meeting Monday, 4
p.m., 108 Archer Building, according to Bryan
Cozad, TpP president.
This first organizational meeting is to review the
list of possible membership candidates and to
discuss initiation, Cozad said.
Ski demonstration
The Setzer Student Center Travel Committee will
sponsor a cross-country ski film and ski equipment
demonstration today, 11 a.m.; in the Perch, ac-
cording to K.C. Broyles, travel chairperson.
Mike Stone from Alpenglow Inc., a ski shop in
South Fork, Colo., will conduct the demonstration.
For more information, call 838-7531.
AI1E
The American Institute of Industrial Engineers
will meet Monday, 10 a.m., 121 Lucas Building, ac-
cording to Dr. James J. Brennan, department head.
Plans for homecoming activities will be discussed
and also the proposal of a new central advisement
and counciling center for the College of
Engineering, Brennan said.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Constance Jackson, Galveston senior, has been
named president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, according
to Terri Simmons, reporter.
Rhonda Sheppard, Port Arthur junior, has been
named vice president of the sorority, Simmons said.
Other officers are Karen Taylor, Port Arthur
junior, recording secretary; Donna Simon, Port Ar-
thur junior, corresponding secretary; and Pamela
Narcisse, Port Arthur junior, treasurer, according
to Simmons.
IFC-Panhel
The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic
Society have scheduled a meeting Tuesday, 6 p.m.,
106 Setzer Student Center, according to James Pat-
ton, IFC spokesperson.
Chairpersons for the committee are Patton and
Aleshia Hudson.
Patton, Beaumont sophomore, Zeta Beta Tau,
will represent IFC at the meeting.
Hudson, Center sophomore, Alpha Delta Pi, will
represent Panhellenic.
A&lbrding to Patton, new assignments, new
ideas, the organizations' progress and “Greek
Week” will be discussed.
For more information, call 838-8198 or 835-8158.
Alcoholism treatment
Careunit recognizes
need for services
By JERRY ADAMS
of the UP staff
The use of alcohol in the
United States has grown
substantially in the past 20
years, and with that use
has come an increasing
number of alcoholics.
The Golden Triangle is
not an exception to this
rule.
As the number of
alcoholics increases, so,
too, does the need for more
adequate services in the
treatment of alcoholism.
In realizing this need, the
Baptist Hospital of
Southeast Texas has set up
a program called Careunit.
The Careunit is a 10-bed
hospital that uses a team of.
doctors, nurses, social
workers and psychologists
in treating alcoholism.
This is the first program
in this area that treats the
patient both medically and
psychologically, said Ron
Thrash, coordinator for
Careunit. We have ex-
panded our services to
more than just
detoxification, he said.
The Careunit uses a
medical and educational
environment to treat
alcoholism. Careunit is
designed for both
detoxification and the long-
term care of the alcoholic.
It is designed to help the
alcoholic understand the
disease (alcoholism) and
maintain sobriety, Thrash
said.
“The program is
•divided,” Thrash said, “in-
to three steps basically:
special care, intermediate
care, and after care.
“The first thing we do
when the patient is ad-
mitted—whether he is
sober or intoxicated—is
check him into the special
care unit,” Thrash said.
“There the patient is kept
arfywhere from 24 to 72
hours.”
During that time, the
patient is given medication
to relieve delirium tremens
i.and to keep him from going
; into convulsions or into an
alcoholic coma, Thrash
said.
Thrash pointed out that
during this first segment is
the only time the patient is
given any drugs. “We don’t
want to switch one depen-
dency for another,” Thrash
said. “We believe that
people who quit drinking
alcohol and go to their doc-
tor for something to help
them sleep or relax are just
taking their drinks in a
solid form.”
Thrash compares,
delirium tremens and con-
vulsions to a pressure
cooker. “When a person
uses alcohol for a long
period of time, he becomes
psychologically and
physiologically dependent
upon the drug,” he said.
“When the drug is no
longer going into the body,
the person becomes
susceptible to seizures and
usually goes into con-:
vulsions. The dependency1
on alcohol is like thej
pressure that builds up in a
pressure cooker. When that
pressure valve is kicked
open, the steam bursts'
out.”
“We believe that
people who quit
drinking alcohol and
go to their doctor for
something to help
them sleep or relax
are just taking their
drinks in a solid
form.”
“This is a very important
part of our program. Thirty
percent of the alcoholics
who go through withdrawal
die unless they have proper
medical attention,” Thrash
said.
When the patient is ad-
mitted, Thrash said, he is
given a thorough physical
examination. In addition to
the medication, the patient
is started on vitamins and
continues on them for the
remainder of his stay. Most
alcoholics, Thrash said,
suffer from malnutrition
and we give them
vitamins to combat this.
Thrash said that also
during the first segment
the patient’s direct family
is contacted. “We try to get
as much information as
possible about the patient
so we can better develop an
individualized solution to
the problems,” Thrash
said. “Likewise, if the
patient is sent to us by a
company then his em-
ployer is contacted.”
The staff Uses this in-
dividualized approach for
the second segment of the
program. Called in-
termediate care, it lasts 21
days. The patient, Thrash
said, is taught biofeedback,
assertion training, or
various other methods of
coping .with his problems.
The patient also -attends
lectures about alcohol
group therapy meetings
and is individually coun-
seled.
Some people, after they
have quit drinking, will
become workaholics or will
become too dependent on
their family, Thrash said.
“This is why we teach
people on an individual
basis; to teach them how to
cope with their problems
and not be dependent on
anything,” he said.
“We try to get the
patient’s family intensely
involved in the program,”,
Thrash said. "Alcoholism
affects the whole family.
Family members are en-
couraged to attend
meetings which are held
from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.
each evening and all day
Saturdays while the patient
is in the program.”
Alcoholics Anonymous is
used all through the three-
segment program.
During the last week of
"The second segment, A.A. is.
stressed even more,
Thrash said, to prepare the
patient for an after care
program which lasts from
two to six months.
“We try getting the
family involved in Al-Anon,
which is an organization
for the families of
alcoholics,” Thrash said.
“Thirty- percent of
the alcoholics who go
through withdrawal
die unless they have
proper medical at-
tention.”
“Getting the patient and
the family involved in these
organizations prepares the
patient to re-enter the real
world.”
A patient staying sober
for 24 days in a controlled
environment is fairly easy,
but putting him back on the
streets without an un^
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derstanding family and
supportive friends, like
those in A.A., is expecting
too much, Thrash said.
"Getting tht
patient and the
family involved in
these organizations
prepares the patient
to re-enter the real
world.”
Many industries, Thrash
said, now realize the
tremendous cost of
alcoholism in man-hours
lost and are setting up their
own A.A. meetings and for-
ms of after-care programs.
For those companies that
do send their employees to
the Careunit and have an
alcoholism program at the
plant, the Careunit works
with them in setting up an
after-care schedule. Some
after-care programs of
companies run as long as
two years for a patient.
“Five times out of 10, it is
a family member that
comes to the Careunit and
asks what can be done
about a person’s drinking,”
Thrash said.
“Sometimes it is possible
to have the alcoholic com-
mitted to a drug treatment
center. If an alcoholiq con-
tinues to drink and will not
come in for help, we
sometimes work with the
family and teach them how
not to let the alcoholic ruin
their lives, too.
"Everyone knows or is
related to an alcoholic.
They may not know that
the person is an alcoholic,
but they know one,”
Thrash said.
Statistics are, Thrash
said, that “97 percent of
alcoholics are in their late
30s. They have held their
present jobs for seven
years, and their families
are intact.
“The only difference bet-
ween an alcoholic and a
non-alcoholic is how he
drinks and how his
drinking affects him.”
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Hale, Greg. Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1979, newspaper, September 21, 1979; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500444/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.