Beware of alcohol, seniors. Your defenses are down. Nobody seems to have noticed, but the old folks are having trouble with alcohol, and it’s time we did something about it. That was the word I got when I interviewed Dr. David Lipschitz, author and one time chairman of the geriatrics department at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine five or six years ago. I thought he was on to something then, and I still think so. “Substance-related disorders of all … [Read more...]
Vietnam War Hero, David Christian, founds company. Aims to help Vets, One Day At A Time
“In my childhood the only exotic, exciting, beautiful things that my mother shared with me were her military times. She was a WAC, and she met my father in the Philippines. She told me about the South Pacific, about serving with MacArthur, about New Guinea and Australia.” So begins a short article Army Captain David Christian dictated to writer Margot Achtereerg in 1981, more than 30 years ago. Captain Christian, at that time, had been named the most highly decorated veteran of the Vietnam … [Read more...]
A wild, insightful, often hilarious trip to sobriety – Mary Karr story
Mary Karr, author of Liar’s Club, Cherry and LIT, a Guggenheim Fellow in poetry; and a Peck professor of literature at Syracuse University, was asked once by her four year old son, Dev, to take him to church. At best an agnostic at the time, Mary asked “why?” and Dev answered, “Because I want to see if God is there.” Turns out He was. Reflecting on the moment, Mary said, “If you’d told me even a year before I start taking my son to church regular that I’d wind up whispering my sins in … [Read more...]
A salute to Marine Bob G. on Memorial Day
Bob G. served with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam for sixteen months and for many years has been treated for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) stemming from his combat service during the late sixties. During the thirty-two years after his service, overcome by his fears, anger, and addictions, he lost his family and went to prison three times—once for murder. He also attempted suicide ten times. At one point, he was given a year to live because of his numerous afflictions. When you hear … [Read more...]
Death in the afternoon. How can we save our children?
I first heard about the dreadful boating accident on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake from my grandson, Nick. He was driving me to pick up my car at the Honda garage and had just heard about it from a college friend on his I-phone. The message was that two of his classmates at the University of Arkansas had been killed that afternoon and that drugs and alcohol had been involved. The facts that began to emerge were that John DeSelms, also a University of Arkansas student, had driven a 22-foot Cobalt … [Read more...]
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