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First Americans

elleng

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7. 'high priced old counseling rapidly proving ineffective'

Reply to MindMover (Reply #4)

Wed May 16, 2012, 01:06 AM

May 2012

as with AA?

Wonderfully happy alcoholics drinking for how long? Wonderfully happy livers? Wonderfully happy families of alcoholics?

'Romanticizing,' 'The solution is to make our people whole again.' and http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1997/09/22/165881-o-odham-children-tackle-alcoholism/

The horror is that Europeans brought alcohol to populations which were then subject to succumbing, and that the cultures of those populations can only be restored, if at all, after long, difficult, expensive and unlikely evolution back.

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Alcohol Prohibition Not Helping Native Americans Deal With Harms of Alcohol [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

Alcoholism is a genetic condition. elleng May 2012 #1

I do not believe the writer was romanticizing anything..... MindMover May 2012 #4

'high priced old counseling rapidly proving ineffective' elleng May 2012 #7

Hard to believe that alcoholics can be happy and functional with all.... MindMover May 2012 #8

While I'm not a professional, elleng May 2012 #9

I always ask, how big is your glass....? MindMover May 2012 #10

Alcoholism is not genetic. It is very much a learned behavior and yes it does run in families. Let jwirr May 2012 #13

Some Native American groups also have sky high diabetes rates too. ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #2

You are correct in that Native Americans have high diabetes rates and that.... MindMover May 2012 #5

Obesity and diet of American industrial food tama May 2012 #11

Ones acceptable to the social scientist, not just the biology/medical geeks. ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #16

Diabetes may very well be genetic since Natives have intermarried for generations. jwirr May 2012 #14

Becoming whole again tama May 2012 #3

Thank you for sharing your story about hope and change...... MindMover May 2012 #6

That pretty much describes what I have witnessed also. Especially in very isolated rez that have jwirr May 2012 #12

And that unfortunately is correct..... MindMover May 2012 #15

Question: Would Pine Ridge be better off if the tribe sold the beer currenly sold in Whiteclay? OmahaBlueDog May 2012 #17