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- From: sjk@strl.labs.tek.com (Steven King)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Potheads of the 70's Raising Kids
- Message-ID: <5103@crl.LABS.TEK.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 23:47:17 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.210640.4653@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> <day_kevran-190193144434@130.252.108.182> <1993Jan22.020602.531435@locus.com> <1jnu3cINN523@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1993Jan22.222804.14378@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan22.222804.14378@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, ahelmers@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
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- |> My husband has always wondered how come smoking is considered acceptable for a
- |> recovering addict/alcoholic when they go the extreme of refusing to take an
- |> aspirin, or to have novacaine for a tooth filling (true cases). But meanwhile
- |> they are puffing away like chimneys.
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- As I understand it (from both recovering drug addicts and alchoholics),
- the people running the programs feel that the recoveree should NOT give up
- all vices simultaneously. The theory is that quitting everything cold turkey
- will lead to an increased chance of failure.
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- That's the rational. I don't know if it's backed by studies, statistics,
- etc.
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- Steven (sjk@strl.labs.tek.com)
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- "Sometimes if you have a cappuccino and then try again it will work OK."
- (Dr. Brian Reid) "Sometimes one cappuccino isn't enough." (Marcus Ranum)
- "A double vanilla latte always works." (Me)
-