European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Drinking in America the other ways alcohol can kill Abygayle Young United press International n some bars patronized by regular heavy drinkers the talk occasionally turns from sports scores and politics to the Odds of dying from cirrhosis of the fiver. Researchers say the chances of heavy drinkers killing themselves either through chronic liver disease or sudden death Are vastly higher than those of moderate drinkers or Teeto tales. But the Odds of even die hard alcoholics developing cirrhosis a deadly chronic liver disease Are not As High As is generally believed they said. It is not True that everyone who drinks heavily for extended periods of time will drink themselves to  the american liver foundation estimates 30 percent of people who drink eight to 16 ounces of hard liquor a Day for 15 years will develop cirrhosis of the liver. Researchers put the figure much lower to 10 to 15 percent. Researchers said they Are not sure of All the factors involved in cirrhosis and said nutrition and genetics May play a vital role in determining who develops the disease. The Odds Are Well in favor of the alcoholic said or. David h. Van Thiel professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and a leading researcher into cirrhosis. Most heavy drinkers will develop a fatty liver but that s absolutely not terminal. Most damage to the liver from drinking is  there Are other ways alcohol can kill researchers Are Quick to Point out. Heavy drinkers those who drink on average More than four drinks a Day Are More Likely to get into accidents. One recent study estimates drinkers Are in twice As Many car accidents As people who Don t drink. Massive amounts of alcohol ingested Over a few hours can also cause the heart to Stop beating and can induce a coma that May be permanent. Researchers said it is not unusual for a comatose Erma Zombeck a few years ago some enterprising educator discovered Man does not live by the three r s 7 alone so he added a fourth r f recreational education. It is commonly referred to As the Field trip. The Way it worked was simple. You joined 30 or 40 inquiring Little minds to one another by weaving their hands together getting a few mothers to Chaperon and taking them to the inner City where they Learned about life firsthand. At first it was a March through museums Public buildings and zoos. Then it got Down to Tours of Power stations fast food kitchens watching paint dry on Park benches and any " b owned by a brother in Law who Drinker to vomit then choke to death. Heavy drinking Over an extended period of time affects All organs of the body doctors said but not necessarily in a Way that is fatal. Research has shown Freavy prolonged drinking kills off brain cells associated with memory and can cause infertility in both men and women said or. Markku Linnoila of the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism outside Washington. Yet the Organ most affected by alcohol the liver is remarkably adaptable. The liver weighing roughly three pounds and located on the upper right Side of the Abdomen creates bile Breaks Down old red blood cells metabolizes cholesterol regulates hormones and detoxifies drugs poisons and alcohol. Liquor has an almost straight shot into the liver entering from the Portal vein that drains blood from the intestine. The liver can handle about 10 Grams of alcohol an hour. That s about one ounce of hard liquor a Beer or a Glass of wine said or. Esteban Mezey professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine and a researcher into liver disease. It metabolizes ethanol the alcohol into Carbon dioxide water and about seven calories per Gram he said. If it s More than the liver can handle the alcohol goes into the blood and brain it recycles Back and the liver gets another  Mezey said the average Man can imbibe about four drinks a Day and the average woman two drinks without damaging their livers. It depends a lot on the individual he said. Women Are lighter than men so they can handle less. A lightweight Man would have trouble with  the More a person drinks the better the liver can metabolize alcohol doctors said. But eventually the Over consumption of alcohol will cause fatty deposits on the liver that make it swollen and heavy. This 176 76 7178 7� a w 1m5tnd� percent change Over 984in millions of barrels premiums 79.56 Budweiser Strohs Muffler High . Popular 41.41 of Milwaukee Busch Melster Brau Etc a Flatt 39.66 Lite coot s Light Bud Light Etc super premiums 8.05 much Eton. Lowenbraun Etc imports 7.92 Heineken Molson Becks Etc Matt Buquor s.57 Schlitz malt Colt 45 old English Etc Chicago Tribune Sophie source but Muf Cowe insights fat goes away within weeks once the Drinker is on the Wagon researchers said. Cirrhosis however it a permanent scarring of the liver. Alcohol helps destroy working liver cells that Are replaced by useless scar tissue eventually rendering the Organ ineffective in preventing a buildup of poisons in the blood. The disease is difficult to treat and doctors said alcoholics with cirrhosis must Stop drinking if they want to live. Learning experience. As a front line Chaperon ret i once dragged through a steel foundry where my earrings melted Down. Afterwards i asked one of the kids what he Learned about life and he said i Learned you can lock the restroom door and crawl out under it and everyone else will think there s someone in  one begins to question the Wisdom of the trips when you ride a train for 20 Miles with 40 5-year-Olds to a place no bigger than your Coffee table and hear a child say the Best part of the trip was the soft drink machine. What brought this up was the other Day i was waiting for a plane at the Airport and Between people running an . Simpson foot race to Gate 87, somber faces dragging Luggage like pack mules and a few people sleeping with their Mouths open came a learning experience stumbling through the terminal. There were about 20 wee people with their names pinned to their coats., and they formed a human Chain that snaked through the crush of travels. Finally one of them did the unthinkable. He dropped hands and raced Over toward a table in the waiting area where a paper cup had been abandoned. He gulped Down a Mouthful of ice and rejoined the tour of  there is no doubt in my mind that it was the most memorable part of the entire excursion. It s getting tougher and tougher to perpetuate the Field trip. Mothers who used to Volunteer As chaperone Are holding Down jobs outside the Home. In 1983, the most recent year figures Are available 27,266 americans died of chronic liver disease including cirrhosis. Most of those cases were caused by alcohol and the rest by viral hepatitis various diseases and reactions to drugs. There is still no test to determine who is prone to cirrhosis doctors said. Eventually for some reason you May get cirrhosis Mezey said of heavy drinkers. But it s More Likely you la drink too much and Stop breathing or you la get in a car Accident or you la vomit and choke. That s what s More Likely to kill  budget cuts in schools limit the use of buses to get them there. And face it kids Are getting harder and harder to impress or dazzle. You have to Admire the dedication of those few teachers who organize trips to dairies and Book Binderis and especially the sainted ones who take Cia sees to the nation s capital for a week. I heard of one kid who borrowed Hii dad s camera to record his trip to the nation s capital of Freedom and to democracy. He forgot to take a Sij Joje picture until the last Day at Arlington. It was a real learning  he teamed it takes three months of. Busing dirty dishes in a restaurant to. Pay for $80 Worth of pictures of tombstones. Maybe ifs Worth h. Wednesday. October 22, 1986 the stars and St idea