INTERESTINGLY, IN EARLY April, I was sitting in a café, sipping coffee (my addiction),
and writing this editorial when I was distracted by a young woman abruptly falling
to the ground. I wasn't the only one to spring to the rescue, and being in a different
country, I deferred to those who knew the environment the best thing to do to assist
the woman. As it turned out, the woman was not having an epileptic seizure as first
considered but rather was in an alcoholic stupor; she still insisted on continuing
her drinking spree. I was debating the focus of the editorial from April being the
Alcohol Awareness month to another topic recently suggested by one of the readers.
Everything happens for a reason … and thus this editorial.
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References
- Alcoholism and drug dependence are America's number one health problem.(Retrieved April 20, 2006, from)www.ncadd.orgDate: 2006
- Stevenson J.S. Sommers M.S. Annual review of nursing research: Alcohol use, misuse, abuse and dependence. vol. 23. Springer Publishing, New York2005
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