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vi advertising feature ecommiist sun stoiifiville tribune saturday sepl 4 1999 15 mothers against drunk this weekend if you drink dont drive drinking and driving costs society 20 billion a year impaired driving continues to be a seri ous social problem and one of the most seri ous public health issues our population faces although the incidence of impaired dri ving has reduced slightly in the past few years there is still a long way to go the 1995 death toll of approximately 3300 on canadian roads could be reduced by approximate- ly50 per cent if there were no alcoholrelated fatalities occur ring impaired dri ving charges fall under the criminal code of canada in 1995 charges laid under the criminal code for impaired dri ving totalled 82 792 of those charged 40 to 70 per cent had had prior alcoholrelated crim inal offenses in 1995 drinking and driving was a contributing factor in 1650 motor vehicle deaths and 60000 injuries these statistics are accompanied by a cost to society of approximately 20 billion each year here are the facts in 1995 drinking and driving con tributed to 1650 accidents and 60000 injuries in addi tion more than 82000 impaired driving chaiges were laid with 40 to 70 per cent of the drivers being repeat offenders it costs society 20 bil lion each yean alcohol is the same in beer as it is in wine and whisky people who do not like to accept the fact but a 341 ml 12 oz bottle of beer contains the same amount of alcohol as a 43 ml 1 oz drink of 80 proof whiskey or one glass of table wine alcohol- is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and carried through the body it quickly affects brain functions in these ways impairs judgment creates a falsesense of confidence reduces field of vision lowers hearing acuity reduces concentration impairs balance coordination and motor skills group helps children of alcoholics deal with anger j ng alcoholismis a worldwide prob- lem causing iproblemslnot only for the drmkerbut tbrieveryone connected with that person as well there are more than 20million alco holics in the united states and- canada many of them with cmdrehtroubledsbyi itheir parents drinkinggften these young people have nowhere to turn for help this is where alateen comes in alateen is a fellowship of young relatives and- friends of alcoholics who come together to discuss their difficulties encouraged one another and learn howto cope with their problems these youngpeople are often intra- duced to alateen by concerned triends neighbours school counselors and clergy alateen is part of the talanph family group which helpsthose whose lives have bri affected by someone elses dnnkihgr alateen members leam that compulsive drinking is a disease ah incurable illness whichthey oydhot m control one of me most important lessons is how to detach themselves emotionally from me drinkers problems while continu ing to love the person like alanon members discuss and appty to mefr own attitudes and relation- ships iwith mothers this can help the alateen member develop strength todeal withpfoblems maturely and realistically what is said and who attends the meet- ings are held invthe strictest confidence with anonymity the watchword alateen members share their experience strengths and hopes i used to get so angry all the timi made me feel like a crazy person said one alateen in r id want to grab somebody and squeeze the life right out of themthen somebody in one of my alateen meetings suggested that we try safe ways to express our anger i didnt even know there were safeivays to be angry hesuggestedthat when i got real mad at somebody i could try writing their name onvthe bottom of my shoe theni i could spend the whole day walking on them it works for details call 18884252666 wk please dont drink drive 11 heritage road markham 4717555 rave a safe holiday please dont drink drive quality freshness since 1929 toromark hwy 17 just west of hwy 48 in the iga plaza have a safe holiday please dont drink drive 2942581 canadas store 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