Aspirin, Band-Aids & Tender Loving Care
An Alcoholic Doctor's Alibiography
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. . . One unique aspect of this book is that it's written by a highly respected physician who has been battling alcoholism for years. Doc H. has treated over 20,000 alcoholics - including himself - during an exceptional career that's approaching the half-century mark. However, his life hasn't been without its share of highs and lows. Alcoholism affects individuals from every class of society - including gifted doctors. The problem is universal. Until now there simply haven't been many books published in which a physician openly admits that he's an alcoholic. Moreover, not many are willing to divulge stories of going from drinking to sober.
. . . Aspirin, Band-Aids & Tender Loving Care is meant to bring meaning and inspiration into the alcoholic's life. Doc H. has helped bring both of these to mine. There's something very positive about him that rubs off on others. I'm not alone in this opinion. It's as though he majored in kindness and understanding while in school. I knew a lot about Doc H. from my mother for decades before meeting him. Nurse P. had the privilege of working with him and his colleagues for eighteen years in surgery at a major hospital. All who love Doc H. have fondly witnessed his amazing recovery while he unselfishly shares his life with others.
Larry P.
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. . . This book is meant to be both enlightening and interesting. It can be used as an academic tool for the helping professions in the field of alcoholism. It can be used by the recovering alcoholic. It should be most interesting and helpful to the family and close friends of the alcoholic. It may even appeal to those few whose lives are untouched by alcoholism. Though anonymity will be maintained throughout, many personal experiences and recovery stories are necessary to illustrate the depth and seriousness of this illness.
I am hopeful that humor pervades the story, for this is the nature of the recovering alcoholic after leaving the tragedies of his life in the past. Again, without breaking anonymity, Alcoholics Anonymous experiences are a must in order to share hope and reassurance with those who doubt the comfort of recovery. Any reference to the deity is meant in the broadest spiritual sense, rather than the religious denominational concept. For those who have religion of any faith as I do, our spiritual approach should be truly reinforcing rather than offending. For those who are atheists or agnostic, please read on . . .
Doc H.
About the Author
EDUCATION
--M.D., Northwestern University (1951).
--Bachelor of Medicine, Northwestern University (1950).
--Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University (1949).
--Bowen High School, National Honor Society (1942).
PRESENTLY
--Founding Member, Board of Directors of Region II Snowball.
--Medical Consultant, South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.
--Medical Director, Central States Institute of Addiction.
--Medical Director, Haymarket House, Cees Manor, and Maternal Addictions Center.
--Member, Board of Directors, Cook County Research & Evaluation project (DUI outcome study - Circuit Court).
--Member, Executive Board of Directors, Guildhaus (halfway house).
--Member, State of Illinois Task Force for program development for Mentally Ill Substance Abuser (MISA).
--Physician Member, Health Panel on Alcoholism and Addictions for Clergy, Chicago Archdiocese.
PRIOR POSITIONS
--Member, Board of Directors, Foundation I (1977-96).
--Faculty, Alcoholism Sciences, Prairie State College (1993-95).
--Medical Director, Guildhaus (1984-93).
--Founder (1976) and Medical Director, Alcoholic Treatment and Substance Abuse Center (13 years); Chairman, Alcoholic Treatment Center (13 years), Ingalls Memorial Hospital.
--Founder (1970) and Medical Director, Employee Health Program, Ingalls Memorial Hospital (17 years).
--Faculty, Lectures and Review Course, ASAM Certification (1986).
--President and Board of Directors, South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (1973-77).
--Member, Curriculum Advisory Board, Governors State University, Department of Alcoholism Sciences (1976-77).
--Chairman of Executive, Credential, Utilization Review, Emergency Services, Accreditation and Medical Records
--Committee, Ingalls Memorial Hospital Medical Staff (1969-74).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
--Certified in Addictions Medicine (1986).
--Member, American Society of Addictions Medicine (1976 - present).
--National Council on Alcoholism (1976 - present).
--Research Society on Alcoholism (1976-87).
--Illinois Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association (1976-81).
--Illinois Professional Society and Physicians Referral Network on Alcoholism (1976-81).
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
--Alcohol and drug addiction.
--Industrial medicine and employee assistance programs.
--Consultant to programs of dual diagnosis.
--Development of programs for elderly (Snow Caps).
--Development of programs for professionals.
--Research on problem of relapse (Golden Slippers).
AWARDS
--Scholarship Award, Betty Ford Foundation Physicians in Residence (1993).
--Gratitude Award, Guildhaus (1993).
--Humanitarian Award, McDermott Foundation (1992).
--Gratitude Award - Clinical Staff, South Suburban Council on Alcoholism (1988).
--Gratitude Award - Clinical Staff, Ingalls Memorial Hospital (1988).
--President's Citation Award, South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (1988).
--Outstanding Contribution Award, Chicago Firefighters EAP Program (1983).
--Outstanding Citizen Award, South Suburban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1980).
--Past President Award, South Suburban Council on Alcoholism (1977).