MP>JK>IF, you would take the time to attend classes in addiction studies,
MP>JK>you would know that there is some genetic protection against alcohol,
MP>JK>that the Native Americans have had it only for the past 2-300 years,
MP>JK>the Chinese have had it around for a few thousand.  Guess who has the
MP>JK>better genetic protection against alcohol?  If you cannot figure it
MP>JK>out, write to James Milam, Ph.D. at Milam Recovery Program, 12845
MP>JK>Ambaum Blvd. SW, Seattle WA 98146, phone (206) 241-0890.  Dr. Milam's
MP>JK>expertise is well recongized in our Northwestern States and in other
MP>JK>circles as well.
MP>Which circles? Crop?
The Russians demonstrated more common sense than that after some of our
alcoholics in recovery went over there on a mission they began and paid
for in order to introduce treatment to the Soviet Union.  That,
incidently, began during the Cold War era and probably contributed as
much to the Berlin Wall coming down as anyother action at the time.
That effort was begun and sponsored by Betty Ford.  And I can assure
you, having listened to two of the first 50 Americans who went over
there, that they were heard. They were also respected, placed inside the
Kremlin itself and housed there for their own protection at the time
that we bombed Kadifi in Africa.
The Russian scientists were assembled in an ampitheater seating at least
500 to listen to a panel of the American alcoholics at one time.  The
best of their medical people were there that evening, listening to a
bunch of drunks explain just how they had managed to quit drinking.
They were chased down in their hotel room in Moscow by Heroin addicts
who wanted some help for their addiction.  They ended up leaving both
A.A. and N.A. in Russia.  I have since met and talked with some members
of A.A. who lived in Moscow before they came over here on a wooden
sailing ship to entertain us with their folk dancing and music.
Some of them were stuck in Seattle for weeks when the government changed
in Russia.  They played at one daughter's wedding and we taught them how
to become entreprenuers.  We told them to leave an open violin case at
one point, and mine was the first bill that went inside.  They have a
short learning curve and were able to support themselves afterwards by
performing in the Pike Place Market in Seattle.  They also found local
A.A. groups and new friends there, some from the White Russian
contingent in Seattle.
And just what has your organization done lately toward world peace and
goodwill toward its fellow men?
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