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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Everyone knows how to get sober," says Michael Baar, an Albany, Calif., psychologist. "The problem is keeping them in that state." Relapse prevention is the latest attempt to help reduce the number of recovering alcoholics who fall off the wagon. Terence Gorski, president of the Center for Applied Sciences in Hazel Crest, Ill., has studied thousands of relapse cases and found that on their way to recovery, alcoholics go through specific stages, each with its dangerous temptation to return to drinking. Early on, it may be hard to cope with withdrawal. Later, the patient may falter in developing a normal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Out in the Open | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...events, like the men's English match small-bore rifle competition (won by West Virginian Ed Etzel), the impression of a rout was confirmed. Where did the U.S. find Air Rifle Markswoman Pat Spurgin, or Greco-Roman Wrestlers Steve Fraser and Jeff Blatnick, or Cyclists Steve Hegg and Mark Gorski? All have won gold medals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory Halleluiah! | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...emotion was stunning. "It was just an offering of thanks," he said, after dropping to his knees and crossing himself at the moment of victory. "I've been given a lot of chances in my life, and I wasn't going to go without thanking somebody for it." Gorski left the silver medal to Nelson Vails, 24, who learned to ride delivering messages in the mayhem of Manhattan traffic. "If I had to lose, I'm glad it was to somebody like Gorski," he said generously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glory Halleluiah! | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...event, pitted two Americans against each other. The object in this highly strategic race is to hang behind one's opponent, who may come to a complete and balanced halt, until the final 200 meters, then slingshot past him and sprint for glory. The contenders were Mark Gorski, 24, ranked fifth in the world, and the stylish Nelson ("Cheetah") Vails, 24. Vails learned his moves sprinting through gridlock as a New York City bicycle messenger. Gorski took the gold, taking both heats, Vails the silver, and Japan's Tsutomu Sakamoto the bronze. As they racked up the wins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Pushing Their Pedals to the Medals | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

Johnson succeeds Saul L. Chafin. widely credited as one of the most successful Harvard Police chiefs ever for his generally successful efforts in rebuilding department morale after the troubled tenure of his predecessor. David L. Gorski Gorski become unpopular. current officers say. for what they call arbitrary decisions and an officers that made dialogue difficult...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: A Fresh Face in Law and Order | 2/16/1984 | See Source »

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