The Bible Speaks to You October 12, 1963 Issue

[The above is substantially the text of the program released for broadcast the week of October 4–10 in the radio series, "The Bible Speaks to You," heard internationally over more than 800 stations. This is one of the weekly programs prepared and produced by the Christian Science Committee on Publication, 107 Falmouth Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.]

RADIO PROGRAM No. 79 - Finding Freedom from Alcoholism

INTERVIEWER: A tremendous search is going on to overcome the problem of alcoholism. Families, friends, and organizations are looking for ways to help the problem drinker. But there's a widely recognized need to go deeper than the drinking itself and deal with underlying causes.

This is reflected in a comment from Dr. William G. Hollister of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers: "Strange though it may seem, we must recognize that a gnawing, unsatisfied hunger for love, security, significance, or a sense of belonging can become transformed into a thirst that results in compulsive, uncontrolled drinking. ... As the inner hurts accumulate, the need to relieve rising tension grows more insistent. ... What was once a beverage casually taken becomes an anesthetic compulsively absorbed to dull the hurt of living." (Thinking Straight About Drinking, reprinted from the PTA Magazine, National Parent-Teacher.)

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