The 90's, episode 211: EVERYDAY ADDICTIONS: ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE
2:02 ""California Highway Patrol"" by Nancy Cain. We follow a Sgt. Gordon J. Graham on his traffic rounds. He explains the dangers of drinking and driving and shows us how to spot a drunk driver.
7:19 ""Drunk Driving Stories"" by Nancy Cain. John, a former alcoholic, describes the reckless behavior he engaged in while drunk.
13:12 Alison Dunn commentary by Kathie Robertson. Dunn, an addiction counselor, informs us about the types of addiction. ""There are two distinct kinds of addiction - substance addiction, such as addiction to caffeine, nicotine etc, and process addiction, which is an addiction to gambling or sex or relationships, etc. Addiction is a spiritual disease, it removes us from ourselves and causes us to feel powerless, it causes us to be out of touch with ourselves and what our life is really about.""
14:58 Tony Schwartz commentary by Skip Blumberg. Schwartz, a media activist, shares the philosophy behind some of his anti-smoking commercials. According to him, the most effective means for personal change is shame, and the key to successful radio and TV campaigns is to harness this shame.
22:37 Rev. Calvin O. Butts commentary by Skip Blumberg. Rev. Butts, an anti-cigarette activist, talks about his efforts to pressure tobacco giants to stop advertising. ""The sale of tobacco and alcohol diametrically opposes life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Smoking kills!""
27:08 Vintage Muriel cigar commercial.
27:30 Nazareth's Storefront Smoke Lounge, Beverly Hills, CA by Jay April. A group of cigar smoking men rail against antismoking propaganda. ""Where can a man smoke a cigar these days?"" They reminisce about the elegant cigar smokers of old like Orson Wells, George Burns, Winston Churchill, etc. ""It's sad today, the public is learning that smoking is terrible for them. It's a knee-jerk reaction. It's just like Prohibition!""
33:00 More from Tony Schwartz. We watch one of Schwartz' commercials and hear his opinion on the legality of smoking. ""Cigarettes shouldn't be outlawed. A lot of people are addicted and need to smoke, and they should smoke in the privacy of their own home or outdoors. Your right to smoke ends when it affects my nose, my heart, my lungs.""
34:49 ""California Highway Patrol"" continued. Sgt. Graham pulls over another suspected drunk who turns out to be simply a bad driver driving a group home from church.
47:57 ""California Highway Patrol"" continued. Sgt. Graham follows a car that is breaking excessively and changing lanes unnecessarily. Not a drunk driver, however, just a nervous girl. ""Girls very rarely drink and drive...they don't have anything to prove.""
49:35 ""Drunk Driving Stories"" continued. A young woman named Allison relates the drunk driving incident that finally convinced her she was an alcoholic.
51:45 ""California Highway Patrol"" continued. Sgt. Graham apologizes for not catching a drunk driver yet. He pulls over another weaving car and finds his drunk. We witness the sobriety tests and the arrest.
54:45 More from Tony Schwartz. Schwartz tells us about a particularly controversial radio spot which he recently created to warn against drunk driving. The spot graphically describes a body being crushed in a car crash in order to scare the listener. ""Your front bumper and grille is smashed. Your body hurtles forward at twenty times the force of gravity. Your knee joints snap. You are impaled on the steering shaft. The jagged steel punctures your lung and inter-costal arteries. Your head smashes into the windshield. Blood spurts from your lungs. You are now dead. Please don't wait for your luck to run out - don't drink and drive.?