European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday april 9.1989 water is replacing alcohol As the drink at Choice for Many increasingly health conscious  new sobriety stiff arming stiff drinks in America Dytrt shall new York times my he Early 1980s, when americans started switching from scotch to Boll led water it seemed 1o Brj just another ebbing in the Cycle of rising and tailing consumption of alcohol Cut what scorned la be a passing Lancy now a Jonrs to have Takon Root As a Lunda Mcmeal change in american culture Eacho Arsine 1980, americans have drunk lose Beer less wine and less hard liquor from 1980 of 1987, beef consumption dropped percent wine use  percent and consumption of distilled spirits went Down 23 percent according to Impact a publication that covers he Industry. Its Ioro casts indicate that these trends will continue through this Century. A Humber of disparate trends have combined to make drinking less appealing to americans. Tho Lyle rest in health and fitness has led to More moderate consumption. An increased emphasis on work and productivity moans drinking is less acceptable in the. Workplace. People Are becoming pie sensitive to the dangers of alcohol with groups concerned about the hazards of Drunken driving nourishing and playing leading roles in raising the , age there has clearly been o real change of life style said or. Howard Shaffer director of the Center for addiction studies Al Harvard medical school ii a a new Temperance movement the new sobriety i suspect it won t be permanent but i Don t see it changing fora Fong  people in the liquor Industry have contended thai As baby Boomers aged they would Lake up their parents habit of ending the Day with a stiff drink. But so tar,"Al.leaal, that has not happened to a great degree. The use of hard liquor in particular is declining said Frank Walters  research for m. Shannon communications in new York the Marks research concern that publishes Impact. Drinking less per capita consumption in Gallons by adults 21 yearn old and Over. 60 81 $2 63 84 85 86 87 does not include coolers 0.96 Gallons per capita in 1987. Source Impact data ban he said the reason was hat As the older people who make up the largest group of whisky Consumers die off the. Younger person in t coming in to fill the  not Only Are people drinking less they also appear to have become less tolerant of the drinking habits of others As former sen John g. Tower Learned in his losing Battle to become demons Secretary. At the same time despite the decline in alcohol consumption a growing Nur Hber o people Are defining themselves As alcoholics and seeking help. In 10 years membership in alcoholics Anonymous More than doubled from an estimated 612,000 in 1977 to about 1,6 million in 1987. The most recent data available. No question about it said Allen Hancson a spokesman for the National Council on alcoholism a non profit trying to break the child abuse Cycle by Daniel Golem an new York times past and present victims of child abuse Are coming under intensified study by researchers in the United Stales who Hope to learn whal distinguishes those who go on to / become child abuses themselves from those who grow up to be Good parents. In Hope of Liming ways to break the tragic Cycle the new research is identifying particular experiences during childhood and later in Lite that allow a great Many abused children to overcome their sad legacy Slu Dws also now indicate that about one third of people abused in childhood will become abusers themselves this is a lower percentage than Many experts had expected but obviously poses a major social  research also confirms thai abuse in childhood increases the likelihood in adulthood of problems ranging irom depression and alcoholism to sexual maladjustment and multiple personality the studies Are also uncovering specific factors that help Many victims grow into a Well adjusted adulthood and factors that push others toward perpetuating the pattern of violence. The findings should help therapists improve treatment of abused children or formerly abused adults helping them recover irom their trauma studies showing that a High proportion of troubled adults were abused in childhood Tell Only part of the Story said or Richard Krugman. A professor of paediatrics Al the University of Colorado medical school and director of the c. Menry Kumpe Center for prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect., there Are substantial numbers o men and women who were abused As  who Are not themselves child abusers drug abusers criminals or mentally disturbed key factors found to Worsen the Long term Impact of abuse Are abuse that started Early and lasted Long in which the perpetrator had a close relationship to the victim which the child perceived As particularly harmful and which occurred within a cold emotional atmosphere in the family these factors researchers say help identify which children need treatment most urgently. Victims of abuse frequently respond to the trauma by denying that any abuse occurred or by blaming themselves for the abuse which they alien View As justified discipline from adults. The studies show. ,. But Many victims can overcome the trauma with the emotional support of a Friend or relative or through ,1 therapy that makes them aware that they were not Toj blame Lor wrongful abuse