the essential
This awareness-raising operation is an opportunity to take stock with the addiction department of the Rodez hospital center.
Elsa, this is the first name given to the addiction liaison and care team at the Rodez hospital center. A multidisciplinary team made up of two nurses, a doctor (80% full-time equivalent), a psychologist (40%), a social worker (20%) and a secretary. “The arrival of the doctor in August 2023 allows us to develop our main missions,” rejoice Marilyne and Olivia, the two nurses who really need it in a region which holds the record for alcohol consumption in France.
And the situation has not improved since covid. “There is a big demand. People are always worried, people have isolated themselves, you can feel it, it's a vicious circle that mixes depression and alcohol. » And to sweep away the effects of “Dry January” on dependent people. “This operation has the merit of existing, it’s a good thing, but it concerns people who consume in a festive way. » Namely, the application of the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO): two drinks per day and not every day with two days without alcohol. On the other hand, for dependent people, “you should definitely not do withdrawal, you must consult and be under medical supervision. »
Two beds in Rodez
On this point, the Rodez hospital center has two beds for this treatment in the event of a need for resuscitation. Which is obviously a lesser evil, more is needed given, unfortunately, the demand.
Consultations soon in Espalion and Saint-Geniez
Internally, the “Elsa” liaison team is organizing a prevention day on January 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for staff. Glasses course, quizzes, measuring cups, risks stated, advice given, a day of prevention among many others to combat the scourge of addiction. Consultations in the hospital center services, externally on tobacco whose “price influences the reduction in consumption”, they point out, on cannabis, external consultations in Decazeville, with the plan to offer them in Espalion and Saint- Geniez, prevention in the school environment with here too, a call to raise awareness from the moment you enter college. “Consumption is increasingly young, which makes people more and more dependent and this causes great damage. » Maximum prevention against massive and rapid consumption of alcohol known, again in English, as “binge drinking”. Cannabis is also singled out, especially since “there is no treatment. » And added: “This is also the case for alcohol with currently a study being carried out at Grau du Roi with hallucinogenic mushrooms to combat alcohol dependence and depression. » Here again, this concerns sick people.
For others, there is no need to respond to injunctions but to use common sense. This already dates back to Antiquity, Plato in “The Republic”, already wrote the obvious on the use of wine: “Under the age of eighteen, absolute prohibition. » It is obviously the case with any form of alcohol to invite moderation and moderation. And if in France, the public authorities do not display a campaign against alcohol, nearly 17 million French people now follow “Dry January”.
Communications operation?
“Dry January affects our sales because more and more people are practicing it,” confides Rémi Costes, wine merchant at “Alambic et Vieilles Bouteilles” in Rodez. At “La cave de Marius”, still in Rodez, the parade is ready: “We offer syrups, grenadine, blackberries…” “Dry January”, from England, is not insignificant for Jérôme Luce, “ in a country which consumes ten times more alcohol than in France”, recalls this sommelier and wine merchant dining with “Jaja et Lichouserie” in Espalion who, having become a migraine sufferer, offers a tasting of natural wine with snails by Pauline Ayral based in Saint-Côme-d’Olt, on January 26. This former head waiter at Bras knows how to cultivate good taste in moderation. In all seasons.
Moderation above all else, as the poet Juvenal stated, again from Antiquity: “Mens sana in corpore sano”, or, in French this time: “A healthy mind in a healthy body. »
