Well also have with us an expert with some safety tips on travel thats whether you travel abroad or stay domestic. But first, we bring you some new information on alcohol addiction. It was a recent study by jama psychiatry that shows that although a third of americans suffer from some type of alcohol abuse, only about 20 actually seek treatment. Joining us in the studio from Summit Behavioral Health are dr. William stanley, the medical director, jim kane, their c. E. O. , and maria ulmer, whos the executive director of clinical services. Thanks so much for being with us. Doctor, lets start with you. Why is that so many people dont seek treatment when they drink on a regular basis or maybe drink too heavily on a regular basis . I think when we start looking at alcohol in the context of society today, it is socially acceptable to some degree. However, at the same time, people arent aware of their tolerance levels and sometimes becomes more of an issue where encumbered, they know that the
Thanks so much for being with us. Doctor, lets start with you. Why is that so many people dont seek treatment when they drink on a regular basis or maybe drink too heavily on a regular basis . I think when we start looking at alcohol in the context of society today, it is socially acceptable to some degree. However, at the same time, people arent aware of their tolerance levels and sometimes becomes more of an issue where they know theyre becoming encumbered, they know that theyre becoming impaired, but they dont want to recognize or accept that. So at what point theres the big question. At what point is it encumbering on a person . Does it sneak up or do they just wake up one day and say, all right, todays the day . Or is it just little incremental steps, shades of gray, and do they not realize and thats the problem . Very well. To a large point, it is incremental shades of gray. Dont want to accept that it is a problem, and they will go ahead and, whatever their tolerance level, cont
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Up his supporters to lash out against some of these social distancing measures just minutes after a fox news report. The president again tweeting. Liberate minnesota, liberate michigan and liberate virginia. No surprise these are democratic states. He said social distancing has been a tough process for some people. The president has also tweeted at new york governor comeau saying he should spend more time doing and less time complaining. Get out there the president says in one tweet, and get the job done. Govern govern governor comeau was holding a press conference and afterwards this is what he had to say. First of all, if hes watching tv, maybe he should get up and go to work. Lets keep politics out of this and personal ego because its about people and our job. What am i supposed to do, send a bouquet of flowers . The president s tweet also point to his own shortcomings. The president insists the states have to step up their testing. Last month he said americans who needed a test cou
Trade center. Theres never been an attack like this. And it should have never happened. Sandra meanwhile, more states are moving to reopen their economies. Montana, michigan, mississippi, maryland, vermont and hawaii all planning to ease restrictions today. We will have much more on all of this coming up. But first, brandnew questions about the handling of the russia probe. The Justice Department releasing a longawaited memo, one that reveals the scope of the Mueller Investigation was much broader than originally thought. Good morning everyone, im sandra smith. Ed very pleasant good morning to you, im ed henry. That memo set on august 17. Clear the Trump Campaign of collusion with russia. Sandra louisiana senator john kennedy, member of the judiciary committee. Lots to get to this morning. First i will ask about this longawaited release, unless rejected merck version of this memo. What have you been able to conclude about the scope of the Mueller Investigation from what was originally