About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment

This 130-page report was prepared by the National Industrial Conference Board, "an independent, nonprofit business organization. . .serving more than 4,000 organizations throughout the world." For anyone dealing with the alcoholic employee, it is a thoroughly practical handbook. Facts about the illness are followed by an exploration of its effect on industry, with such striking statements as "Those who have looked into the matter report that the incidence of alcoholism is greater among executives than among rank-and-file workers, and that the difficulties of identification and control increase at the higher echelons." There is a general discussion of company alcoholism programs, including a lineup of common excuses for not starting such programs--and the appropriate comebacks. For instance: "'We don't have the alcohol problem in our company.'. . . But students of the subject report they have yet to find a company that does not have an alcohol problem. They say, 'If you employ people, you have the alcohol problem."'