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Welcome
to December 2010 'News
of Hope'
First and foremost, may
we wish everyone a very
Happy Holiday Season!
We know, in the field of
prevention and treatment
that this time of year
can be exceedingly
joyful in recovery,
filled with euphoric
gratitude and the
healing of relationships
with others and with
one’s Higher Power.
On the other hand, it
can be the most fearful
and painful for families
of alcoholics and
addicts as parties bring
out “the beast” …
the disease of
alcoholism and addiction
can spoil the most
exciting and fun-filled
moments for children and
family. Random acts of
anger, violence,
deprecating remarks,
meanness and neglect at
holiday time leave
lifetime scars on
families of problem
drinkers and drug users.
For adults who were
children of active
alcoholics/addicts,
holiday time can be
tainted by bad memories
and recurring fear,
anxiety, sadness, anger,
loneliness and more.
Through this holiday,
perhaps notice those
families, and especially
those children and teens
that do not appear to be
filled with the
“holiday spirit.”
Watch for the symptoms
of the family disease of
alcoholism and
addiction, and 12th Step
– share a piece of
Al-Anon or AA
literature, validate
their feelings, provide
some information about
the disease, suggest
they reach out for help
and share the gift of
compassion, patience,
kindness and courtesy as
these may be sorely
lacking in their lives.
This we can do. Then
celebrate with us a NEW
YEAR! Celebrate the HOPE
of better futures and
peace and serenity to
come.
Blessings always,
Susie Vanderlip
CONTENTS of December
2010 NEWS OF HOPE
• Teens Who Text Too
Much: More Likely to
Smoke, Drink, Have Sex
• The Year of
ADVENTURE?! A Legacy
Retrospect
• Helping Girls at
Holiday Time: Abused
Girls More Likely to
Misuse Alcohol
Pictured Above:
Pic 1 & 2: Susie
keynoted the Georgia
School Counselors
Association Conference
and was enthralled by
the boundless enthusiasm
and southern
hospitality, thanks to
Demetria Williams - pic
2! GO Bulldogs!
Pic 3 & 4:
Next trip was to Crowley
County in southeast
Colorado and the town of
Ordway. 4,000 people in
the county, a true small
western town with BIG
prevention commitment!
Amazing amount of
awareness, knowledge,
coalition building, and
action happening in the
high Colorado plains!
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Teens
Who
Text
Too
Much:
More
Likely
to
Smoke,
Drink,
Have
Sex
 Article
from
Join
Together
-
Nov.
9,
2010
A
study
conducted
by
researchers
at
Case
Western
Reserve
University
found
that
teens
who
engage
in
excessive
texting
or
social
networking
on
school
days
are
more
likely
to
engage
in
risky
behaviors
than
their
peers,
HealthDay
reported
Nov.
9.
Researchers
surveyed
4,257
students
in
20
high
schools
in
Cleveland,
Ohio.
They
found
that
19.8
percent
of
students
engaged
in
"hyper-texting"
(sending
120
or
more
texts
per
school
day)
and
11.5
percent
were
"hyper-networkers"
(spending
three
or
more
hours
on
social
networks
per
school
day).
Although
the
groups
differed,
both
sets
of
teens
were
far
more
likely
than
their
peers
to
have
smoked,
to
binge-drink,
to
use
illegal
drugs,
to
have
been
in
a
fistfight,
or
to
have
had
sex
--
and
to
have
had
sex
with
four
or
more
people.
For
example,
hyper-texters
were
twice
as
likely
as
other
teens
to
have
tried
alcohol
and
43
percent
more
likely
to
binge-drink;
3-1/2
times
more
likely
to
have
had
sex
than
other
teens;
and
90
percent
more
likely
to
have
had
four
or
more
partners.
Hyper-networkers
were
69
percent
more
likely
than
other
teens
to
have
had
sex
and
60
percent
more
likely
to
have
had
four
or
more
partners;
they
were
also
84
percent
more
likely
than
other
teens
to
have
tried
illegal
drugs
and
94
percent
more
likely
to
have
been
in
a
fistfight.
Researchers
stressed
that
texting
and
social
networking
did
not
cause
teens
to
engage
in
risky
behavior,
but
that
excessive
use
of
texting
and
social
networking
could
be
"a
red
flag
for
parents,"
according
to
the
Chicago
Sun-Times.
"If
parents
are
monitoring
their
kids'
texting
and
social
networking,
they're
probably
monitoring
other
activities
as
well,"
said
Dr.
Scott
Frank
of
Case
Western
Reserve
University
School
of
Medicine,
who
led
the
study.
The
majority
of
students
identified
as
hyper-texters
or
hyper-networkers
were
female,
minorities,
and
came
from
low-income,
single-parent
homes.
They
were
also
more
likely
to
be
overweight,
have
eating
disorders,
rate
their
health
lower
than
other
students,
and
spend
more
school
days
home
sick.
Students
who
did
not
do
any
texting
or
social
networking
had
"better
health
outcomes,"
according
to
the
study
abstract.
The
study
results
were
reported
at
the
American
Public
Health
Association
on
Nov.
9,
2010.
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Together...
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 The
Year
of
ADVENTURE?!
A
Legacy
Retrospect
We
wanted
to
share
a
short
synopsis
of
this
year
for
us
at
LEGACY.
Like
many
of
you,
it’s
been
a
very
unpredictable
year
–
both
the
good
and
the
"seemingly"
bad.
We
had
an
amazing
UP
when
early
in
the
year
LEGACY
OF
HOPE®
was
booked
as
the
closing
keynote
for
the
YPO
(Young
Presidents
Organization)
Family
Adventure
on a
cruise
in
the
Galapagos
Islands
–
beyond
WOW!
Especially
so
because
in
Dec,
2009
before
this
engagement
was
even
a
twinkle
in
our
eye,
I
wrote
a
bucket
list
with
“going
to
the
Galapagos
Islands”
as
my
number
one
desire!
This
experience
was
miraculous!
The
YPO
group,
the
cruise,
the
animals
from
5’
iguanas
to
blue-footed
boobies,
the
hearts
touched
and
united.
AMAZING!
Two
weeks
after
getting
home,
April
18th
to
be
exact,
I
had
a
ruptured
appendix
out
of
the
blue.
It
was
a
serious,
life-threatening
rupture
that
required
surgery
and
a
7-week
recovery.
And
it
was
a
miraculous
gift!
Thankful
it
did
not
happen
in
the
Galapagos,
it
was
a
time
to
slow
down
and
accept
the
love
and
support
of
the
people
in
our
lives.
It
was
also
a
time
to
be
grateful,
overwhelmingly
so.
Grateful
to
be
alive,
grateful
to a
body
that
bounced
back
so LEGACY
OF
HOPE®
could
be
back
on
tour
in 8
weeks,
grateful
for
the
kindness
and
caring
of
so
many
people
–
Thank
YOU
all.
And
then
“the
prayer”
–
I
asked
to
be
given
a
light
heart,
to
see
the
joy
and
playfulness,
the
fun
and
“fairies”
of
life
after
19
years
of
touring
LEGACY
and
hearing
thousands
upon
thousands
of
sad
stories.
I
still
LOVE
sharing
HOPE
through
LEGACY
OF
HOPE®,
don’t
get
me
wrong,
but
I
wanted
to
see
life
the
way
writers
of
children’s
books
see
life
–
unsoiled,
full
of
tiny
miracles
and
boundless
magic.
And
my
prayer
was
answered…
While
recuperating
from
the
appendix,
I
walked
in
my
yard,
camera
in
hand,
and
my
attention
was
drawn
to
our
milkweed
bush.
I
saw
bright
yellow-and-black-banded
caterpillars
eating
voraciously
on
the
plant.
And
then
I
saw
those
caterpillars
create
chrysalis
and
become
gorgeous
Monarch
butterflies.
I
was
captivated
and
also
inspired
to
capture
their
‘life
stories’
in
photos
and
video
and
be
filled
with
their
transformational
hope.
I
saw:
HOPE
can
come
from
the
smallest
of
miracles
in
life.
It’s
about
a
simple
smile
to a
disillusioned
child
or
adult.
It
is
noticing
the
small
miracles
in
our
lives
and
spawning
gratitude
each
new
day.
It
is
planting
a
mustard
seed
of
faith
in
our
hearts
to
attract
new
miracles!
Like
my
little
caterpillar
friends,
we
don’t
know
where
our
future
is
going,
but
I
believe,
though
unbeknownst
to
us,
we
are
all
programmed
for
miraculous
transformation,
purpose
and
beauty
–
just
like
the
Monarchs
are.
Thanks
for
joining
me
as I
waxed
spiritual,
sentimental
and
grateful.
Happy
New
Year,
too!
Light-hearted
HOPE
through
Monarch
Butterflies!
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Helping
Girls at Holiday
Time: Abused Girls
More Likely to
Misuse Alcohol
 Join
Together News
Summary from
December 2, 2010
Women who were
physically or
sexually abused as
children are more
likely to abuse
alcohol or be
alcohol-dependent as
adults, according to
a recent study.
HealthDay News
reported Nov. 22
that researchers
used a sample of
3,680 women taken
from the 2005 U.S.
National Alcohol
Survey. They
correlated eight
measures for
past-year and
lifetime alcohol use
with the women's
reports of physical
and sexual abuse in
childhood.
"The take-home
message is across a
range of alcohol
consumption
patterns, child
abuse is
consistently
associated with
alcohol abuse,"
said lead
researcher, E. Anne
Lown, DrPH, of the
Alcohol Research
Group. "All of
my measures found
that
association."
Investigators
controlled for a
variety of factors,
including education,
ethnicity, and
problem drinking by
the subjects'
parents.
Lown and her
co-authors
recommended
consistent screening
and treatment for
underlying abuse.
Lown said, "We
need to screen for
abuse in all
settings -- not just
screen for but have
interventions in
place that will
address the
long-term
consequences of
child abuse. Without
screening, the
problem will not be
recognized."
The study appeared
online in
Alcoholism: Clinical
& Experimental
Research on Nov. 17,
and will appear in
the journal's print
edition in February
2011.
For
a potent prevention
wake-up call to
youth and parents,
engage them with LEGACY
OF HOPE®!
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OF
HOPE®
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break
through
denial,
create
awareness,
spawn
HOPE!
 LEGACY
OF
HOPE®
for
school
assemblies,
community
programs
and
conference
keynotes
to
captivate
and
motivate
youth
and
adults
to
understand
the
disease
of
alcoholism
and
addiction
and
how
it
has
impacted
their
lives,
compels
them
to
seek
healthy
emotional
coping
skills
instead
of
escape
into
alcohol,
drugs,
irresponsible
sexuality,
violence
and
self-harm.
A
powerful
combination
for
making
a
lasting
impact.
“Knowledge
is
the
most
powerful
tool
we
can
provide
our
teens
with
to
help
them
make
good,
healthy
responsible
decisions,”
said
ONDCP
Director
R.
Gil
Kerlikowske.
“By
empowering
teens
to
think
critically
about
drug
use
and
its
consequences,
we
can
improve
the
health
and
safety
of
a
generation.”
The
above
photo
depicts
"Julio,"
one
of
eight
characters
Susie
portrays
in
LEGACY
OF
HOPE.
It
impresses
on
youth
damaging
impact
of
underage
drinking
and
prescription
drug
abuse
used
to
cope
with
life.
Concepts
are
shared
on
adolescent
brain
development
and
emotional
awareness,
all
based
in
current
research
and
info
from
the
American
Psychological
Association.
May
we
help?
Contact
us
for
2010-2011
programming.
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