Welll not exactly but what I'm going to suggest may sound like it is what I'm hinting at & I guess to some degree I have come to think of it as so...... & bare with me please cause I am rusty on my medicalese & thoughts.....
The physical aspect of Alcoholism: Alcohol affects immediatly (amongst other organs & systems) the Livers ability to produce Glucose from Proteins & hence the Pancreas' production of Insulin etc for balancing blood sugar.
While I was studying Nutrition in college I lived in a mini ghetto area in Venice. I started watching closely the children there, Hispanic & Black mainly, & some of their caretakers (read parents)& behaviors. When the children were very young they were given a lot sugar; ie cookies, cereals, popsicles, candies etc. They would have the resultant behavior changes of excess dumped Insulin in the system of seemingly being happy & high for awhile & then another dose of sugar was needed to quiet them down or bring the depressed ones up (reward for doing). By the time these children had gotten closer to puberty sugar treats were common in their system & they would start looking for higher highs - glues, drugs but definetly alcohol bcz the role models they had were Always drinking beer as their water. & beer appeased several body hormonal needs - it quenched thirst factor, ADH, to some degree, it had sugars some Carbohydrates for the Pancreas, & as an Ethanol pre-occupied the Liver with work in an already 'hungry' system.
Alcohol in a system that lives on Carbs has an easy time of it. Simultaneously with Ethanol reaching the Brain the Stomach secretes Histamines which is kinda a rush. Granted a negative rush if you understand it as an allergen reaction but a rush if you equate it subconciously with feeling better
or higher.
Where's the conspiracy? Sugar for children.
Now can I really believe that all those producers out there want to have a nation of Alcoholics????
Uhhh why not????
Get them in the Addiction cycle early! Are not food companies the proprietors of foods from Trix to Vodka in same companies?? Doesn't an addicted human make a good consumer??? Yes. Is not the subject matter marketed to the age bracket that can consume the substance - popsicles to children, beer to macho jr high males that desperatly want that model in the Budweiser bikini, right up to ads that show the independent super woman taking Vodka with her to a cocktail party - how can you have joy without one of our products??? Is not an addict easier to manipulate?? Yes through keeping them unable to think or do other than what they are told will relieve their misery.
But of course being individuals that have free will, especially Americans, this is nonsense. I drink/eat my choice of beverage/food bcz __________. I am addicted to this substance bcz I am miserable, happpy, nervoous, uhhh not sure, but I am Me & no one runs me! & besides how can you expect me to do other wise if it is an illness? How many alcoholics have said that? to cover their tracks.
Oh poor me I'm sick....... but would the same allowance be allowed to the Diabetic? The Liver malfunctioned patient? The Scizophrenic? If you had a Cancer????
During my time of observation in the mini Ghetto which was surrounded by wealth I had a dream vision; I imagined I saw all these bent over forms toiling in a huge field. One of them way away from me whispered to the next one "Don't eat the white stuff!" & this whispering message kept going down & up the lines of these almost snail shaped beings. As it got towards the further end, I noticed that the 1st person was standing upright, & the second & they were staarting to walk away from the sugar beet field they had been tied down to.
So that's my conspiracy. Don't eat the white stuff.
& I will have to admit here that I would not classify myself as a current drinking alcoholic but that since I have been chronically ill, & living reclusively I have gone into binges of eating sugar for energy to get that high so I will do Something! & that it leads to drinking wine at night to 'relax'.
& when I drink my preferred Sherry, oh the higher alcohol content & sugar too, I need to eat cookies or a donut with my 3-5 cups of coffee in the a.m.
So knowing what yr doing biochemically doesn't always magically Stop the Merry-go-round. But I hope that writing all this will slow me down, & maybe open some discussion on how marketing & habits contribute to Alcoholism being rampant in our lives.
The physical aspect of Alcoholism: Alcohol affects immediatly (amongst other organs & systems) the Livers ability to produce Glucose from Proteins & hence the Pancreas' production of Insulin etc for balancing blood sugar.
While I was studying Nutrition in college I lived in a mini ghetto area in Venice. I started watching closely the children there, Hispanic & Black mainly, & some of their caretakers (read parents)& behaviors. When the children were very young they were given a lot sugar; ie cookies, cereals, popsicles, candies etc. They would have the resultant behavior changes of excess dumped Insulin in the system of seemingly being happy & high for awhile & then another dose of sugar was needed to quiet them down or bring the depressed ones up (reward for doing). By the time these children had gotten closer to puberty sugar treats were common in their system & they would start looking for higher highs - glues, drugs but definetly alcohol bcz the role models they had were Always drinking beer as their water. & beer appeased several body hormonal needs - it quenched thirst factor, ADH, to some degree, it had sugars some Carbohydrates for the Pancreas, & as an Ethanol pre-occupied the Liver with work in an already 'hungry' system.
Alcohol in a system that lives on Carbs has an easy time of it. Simultaneously with Ethanol reaching the Brain the Stomach secretes Histamines which is kinda a rush. Granted a negative rush if you understand it as an allergen reaction but a rush if you equate it subconciously with feeling better
or higher.
Where's the conspiracy? Sugar for children.
Now can I really believe that all those producers out there want to have a nation of Alcoholics????
Uhhh why not????
Get them in the Addiction cycle early! Are not food companies the proprietors of foods from Trix to Vodka in same companies?? Doesn't an addicted human make a good consumer??? Yes. Is not the subject matter marketed to the age bracket that can consume the substance - popsicles to children, beer to macho jr high males that desperatly want that model in the Budweiser bikini, right up to ads that show the independent super woman taking Vodka with her to a cocktail party - how can you have joy without one of our products??? Is not an addict easier to manipulate?? Yes through keeping them unable to think or do other than what they are told will relieve their misery.
But of course being individuals that have free will, especially Americans, this is nonsense. I drink/eat my choice of beverage/food bcz __________. I am addicted to this substance bcz I am miserable, happpy, nervoous, uhhh not sure, but I am Me & no one runs me! & besides how can you expect me to do other wise if it is an illness? How many alcoholics have said that? to cover their tracks.
Oh poor me I'm sick....... but would the same allowance be allowed to the Diabetic? The Liver malfunctioned patient? The Scizophrenic? If you had a Cancer????
During my time of observation in the mini Ghetto which was surrounded by wealth I had a dream vision; I imagined I saw all these bent over forms toiling in a huge field. One of them way away from me whispered to the next one "Don't eat the white stuff!" & this whispering message kept going down & up the lines of these almost snail shaped beings. As it got towards the further end, I noticed that the 1st person was standing upright, & the second & they were staarting to walk away from the sugar beet field they had been tied down to.
So that's my conspiracy. Don't eat the white stuff.
& I will have to admit here that I would not classify myself as a current drinking alcoholic but that since I have been chronically ill, & living reclusively I have gone into binges of eating sugar for energy to get that high so I will do Something! & that it leads to drinking wine at night to 'relax'.
& when I drink my preferred Sherry, oh the higher alcohol content & sugar too, I need to eat cookies or a donut with my 3-5 cups of coffee in the a.m.
So knowing what yr doing biochemically doesn't always magically Stop the Merry-go-round. But I hope that writing all this will slow me down, & maybe open some discussion on how marketing & habits contribute to Alcoholism being rampant in our lives.
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Re: Conspiracy Theory
Wed, January 18, 2006 - 3:26 PMDrug and alcohol abuse has been around since the days of the Wells Fargo Wagons. People would stock up on pain killers, etc from the wagons but when they ran out they turned to alcohol to fill the void. Alcoholism hasn't gotten worse it's just more publicized and more acceptable to drink in the first place these days. Not to mention the fact that law enforcement is cracking down on drunk drivers. Back in the day they would follow you home or just tell you to be careful and send you on your way. Not anymore. Granted the media makes it look more appeasing. They have to because in reality it's more appauling. They need all the help they can get to sell their products. Also, nowadays with more forms of media than the radio, we see the advertisements more. Unfortunately so do children. Ultimately, to me, it comes back to family values. People live what they are taught or what they see or are neglected all together. Parents need to get back into parenting and get their heads out of their asses. I'm a recovering alcoholic and my main focus besides my sobriety is my children's upbringing. We talk about EVERYTHING!!! I teach morals at home. I can't protect them from the world but I can give them the tools to live in it safely and happily. That's my job as a Mom. Now that I'm sober I have a better chance of accomplishing this goal. I was never given this as a kid and look what happened to me. Took 30 years to grow up.
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Re: Conspiracy Theory
Thu, January 19, 2006 - 10:07 AMI have a book written in 'bout 1885 by a "politically conservative" sharpshooter on morals, household tips to make life better & his political treatises; this guy was definitly what we would now call a right wing Republican.... His recipes for household health treatments almost 2/3 of require either Morphine, Opium balls or other derivatives! Evidently it all was common & easy to procure. Alcohol on the other hand had to still mainly be made at home or gotten from distillers. His recipes often rewuired some alcohol to mix the ingrediants but not always. My GGrandfather did the Oregon Trail twice in covered wagon & I used to wonder about how did they keep going?!? The tiredness, the pains of all the hard work...... but Morphine & Opium in Grannies Elixer helped ease the miles~~~~~~~~
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