Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6JFmb727540; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:48:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sf192fa2.044@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2650] Re: women and alcoholism X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 1795 Lines: 31 Andrea, Thanks for sharing. And I like how you called it an "alcohol culture"-I think that that is a very appropriate term. I wonder if anyone has any thoughts about the implications for instruction of adult learners. Do any of you teach individuals that you know are struggling with alcoholism issues? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> AWilder106@aol.com 07/17/03 17:07 PM >>> Daphne, What a great topic, and I'd love to hear other experiences. I grew up in an "alcohol culture," everyone drank, normally, and some very fine stuff, too! So I drank a fair amount until a couple of things happened: 1) I became a member of a "food culture," big eaters, light drinkers. Now I have to be careful of how much I eat. 2) Alcohol slowed me down and affected my work, I was "loosing time" from my life. I also wanted to become a different person, more focused,and I wanted to use my time to accomplish something, so I quit cold turkey. Last winter I started spending time with one of my "alcohol culture' friends, and by golly,I started to drink again! I checked this with my doc,and by gum alcohol goes very badly with some of the heavy meds I take. Now I have one drink a week, Friday night. My father drank to stupefaction, pretty ugly stuff, and with me, drinking is associated with loss of control, so I don't like to be around guys who drink a lot, I leave the room party, etc. I think one of the first lines of attack about this problem, could be medical--people should get liver function tests. Take a blood sample. Besides doing all the social damage, alcohol can kill you. Andrea
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