Word: crossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Were the Soviets to continue cross-border raids after this Wednesday, the U.S. might maintain its own involvement, though any sort of step-up is unlikely. Some statements suggest that Washington has formulated no policy beyond the expulsion of the Soviets and is eager to wash its hands of the entire mess. "We're not interested in a proxy war," says one official. "The Afghans should be allowed to settle this themselves...
This phenomenon is known as cross dependence, or cross addiction. Researchers estimate that between 40% and 75% of people in treatment programs are multiple-substance abusers. Sometimes people mix several drugs at once -- liquor and tranquilizers, for example, as in former First Lady Betty Ford's case. Others, like Kitty Dukakis, may slip from one chemical to another. Says counselor Fred Holmquist of the Hazelden Foundation in Center City, Minn., where Kitty was treated for amphetamine abuse: "It's like switching staterooms on the Titanic...
...Cross-dependent people as a rule are more difficult to treat than single- substance abusers. Often they admit to having trouble with one chemical -- cocaine, for example -- but hide the fact that they are misusing sleeping pills or alcohol. Says Dr. Roger Meyer of the Alcohol Research Center at the University of Connecticut in Farmington: "It's hard to get them focused and to realize that they need to be talking about total abstinence from all mood- altering drugs." Kitty Dukakis has understood the message but must translate it into practice. Said her husband: "As she has now discovered, whether...
...wife of the defeated presidential contender conquered an amphetamine habit, but she is battling alcohol abuse. Her predicament highlights the dangers of cross addiction...
...Viet Nam that was set in Korea) has been tempered by sympathy for the average grunt. There is still a place, in TV's current view of Viet Nam, for courage in battle, duty and loyalty to buddies. At a champagne dinner for officers in China Beach, a Red Cross worker blurts out a drunken toast to the men in the field: "Out there, it's not your war. It's not our war. It's their war." And it's their war that TV is finally trying to tell...