Alcohol Rehab Wisconsin
Alcohol Rehab Wisconsin
Alcoholic beverages have been a part of the American culture since long before the Revolutionary War. The “alcohol problem” is a by-product of alcohol use, but the meaning of that has changed over the years, as our culture has chosen to assess blame on those beverages, rather than lay the blame squarely on the shoulders of the one who used them.
In the book “Drugs, Society and Human Behavior” authors Charles Ksir, Carl L. Hart and Oakley Ray explain that before the Revolution, alcoholic beverages were consumed per capita at a much higher rate, mainly because drinking water was much more likely to be contaminated.
Even the Puritan ministers called alcoholic drinks the “Good Creature of God,” and spoke against drunkenness, blaming the individual not the beverage. But the attitude changed over the Revolution and has stayed fairly constant since. Since then the alcohol was the “demon” not the drinker. The writers went on the say that alcoholic beverages were the first psychoactive substance to be demonized in such a way.
The substance is blamed, not the user. Alcohol got some serious scrutiny when Dr. Benjamin Rush produced a pamphlet in 1784, discussing the hazards of heavy drinking, aimed primarily at distilled spirits, no beer or wine.
He observed that alcohol contributed to jaundice, a sign liver disease. He wrote of “madness” which the authors said might have been his observation of the delirium of withdrawal. He also spoke of “epilepsy” which could have been his explanation for the seizures that can occur during withdrawal from alcohol.
The “Temperance Movement” brought on even more scrutiny. Rush said that all distilled beverages should be avoided because he believed them to be toxic, and he believed that drinking hard liquor damaged the user’s morality. The alcohol affected the part of the brain that is responsible for morality.
That led to “Prohibition,” first passed by the State of Maine in 1851, the early forerunner of the nation version of Prohibition, which became law on January 16, 1920. Speakeasies, bathtub gin and organized crime are all terms associated with the period, as America pushed back. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 and each state was given control over regulating alcoholic beverages.
It’s interesting to me that by popular demand alcoholic beverages were legalized again, but the same attitude towards the consumption of alcoholic beverages has not necessarily changed. People still demonize the alcoholic beverage, not the drinker.
Of course there is a social stigma against people who drink too much, or heavy drinkers, or problem drinkers, or alcoholics, whatever term you care to use to describe somebody who has been negatively impacted by their use of the drug. Alcoholics Anonymous did not shy away from putting the responsibility on the drinker in developing its 12 Step program shortly after the repeal.
I can identify with the Puritan ministers, who believed that a portion of alcoholic beverage, taken in moderation, was a good thing. I agree with Rush’s view of alcohol being toxic, because it can be. It all falls to the user. Any drink, alcoholic or otherwise, can be abused. The user abuses, not the drink. The drinker may not be able to control his behavior, but it nevertheless his personal choice that leads to dependence.
Personal responsibility is easy to define, but it is difficult to mandate. People have to make their own decisions, but when those decisions lead to calamity, they don’t want to accept the responsibility. It’s always easier to blame somebody or something else.
Ned Wicker is the Addictions and Alcoholism Recovery Chaplain in Wisconsin. He author’s a website for addiction support:
After a “sentencing hearing,” are you wisked off to prison right then?
A friend of mine has a sentencing hearing coming up for a vehicular homicide (she ran a stop sign while drunk driving and someone died because of it).
My question is… will she be taken off to prison right after this sentencing hearing or will they set a date for her to self-surrender?
Another question: my friend checked herself into a rehab right after the accident and has been in there for about 2 1/2 months so far. She is going through AA and has ridded herself of all of her friends that drink. Will her willingness to address her alcohol addiction through rehab have any effect at all as to how long she is put in prison?
This is in Wisconsin, if that makes a difference.
If she’s out already, she’ll probably be given a date that she shows up at the prison. There’s also a possibility that they’ll lodge her in jail immediately and then the state will transport her to the prison. That’s probably more likely, as they probably won’t know which prison she’ll be assigned to right away, if your state has more than one womens prison.
The fact that she’s taking the necessary steps to address her alcoholism *may* help if her attorney gets the opportunity to present that information and can provide the documents to back it up. If nothing else, if she continues with it while in prison, it’ll help her when it comes time to parole.
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