Chalk Talk On Alcoholism (Dept. of the Navy, Human Resources Project, 1978)

(Producer) Discusses the development of the individual's attitudes toward drinking and explores the causative factors which lead to alcoholism. Evaluates different approaches to the treatment of the disease. Examines the symptoms of alcoholism and provides statistical information on its social impact.
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[@wantsomecoffee]

I started drinking in 1978 and continued for 11 years. When I came in to Alcoholics Anonymous, the old guys used to talk like this. They quoted this chalk talk all the time. I can’t begin to tell you. this is the first time I’ve ever heard this on my own. I am so grateful. I will have 33 years this week and this is as fresh as anything I’ve ever heard. Man it works if you work it.

[@gsp49]

AA in my town shunned this because it was a violation of AA traditions. Press, radio, and FILMS. When I was drinking, father Martin made sense, after decades of recovery, he is too boring to watch.

[@wantsomecoffee]

@@gsp49 Take what you need and leave the rest.

[@gsp49]

@@wantsomecoffee That's right. Back then somebody would have to set up a film projector and movie screen to see this, and it would be shown at somebody's house or after the meeting for anybody interested, I'm just now discovering all of this on KZbin. I finally got some real recovery at Narcotics Anonymous where they convinced me that Alcohol is only a socially acceptable narcotic drug, about the equivalent of Heroin.

[@OceanSwimmer]

I saw this film in 1981, when I suspected my husband was an alcoholic. We had been married less than a year. A friend in AA showed me the film, and it was the beginning of my education about alcoholism in general, and how it affects the family. I attended AA meetings to understand the effect alcohol had on my marriage. I learned eventually what I could do to stay clear of the relationship between my husband and alcohol. I had a lot to learn about alcoholism & I'm grateful to those in recovery for sharing their stories. I divorced my husband in 2000 for the sake of my sanity, and for our children, who deserved a peaceful homelife. It was both the most difficult and best thing I ever did. Congratulations to those who stick with the 12 Step program and take the steps to Recovery. It isn't recovery unless you fulfill every single one of them. ❤

[@Twitch-gw3ww]

Wow😮

[@thought-provokingvideos5464]

Would ya look at that -- a man of the cloth, a CATHOLIC priest, counselor, social scientist, educator... Nowadays people would be shocked to see how it actually was.

[@myklejay9297]

His message is good. Too bad he got mixed up in the 'cloth'

[@jeffjohnson8594]

The greatest message ever for alcolohics and on alcoholism. It became even more meaningful for me when I learned that Father Martin was himself an alcoholic.

[@ravens3rdring644]

In 1986 my mother and my girlfriend, at the time, was visiting me at Father Martins’ Ashley rehab during Family weekend. They were privileged to have Father Martin himself give his “chalk talk” to them before they were allowed to see me. I had my last drink before I got to Ashley then, in 1986. That girlfriend I just mentioned is now my wife of almost 35 years, We have 3 children that have never seen me drunk, we now have 4 grandchildren with more on the way. My mom passed away in 1998 knowing her son was sober and was 7:34 going to be ok. The best gift this son could give his mother. Rest in peace Mom and thank you Father Martin for making this alcoholic “thirsty” for sobriety 37+ years ago.

[@midnyte_ryder]

I was just coming to breathe in 86. Never can tell where you’ll end up….. keep up the good fight

[@nicolamchugh7154]

Congratulations, my dad was a alcoholic from my childhood, he finally decided he needed to stop after being weeks from death (again) 21 years later, hes been sober, im diagnosed kidney failure, needing a transplant, dad is in oerfect health, donated his kidney 5years ago, saved my life. What a man!❤❤.

[@nicolamchugh7154]

Edit, dad donated kidney age 62, i was 42

[@vickythefist7062]

You were so lucky to have all met him .seemed like an amazing man who saved so many

[@paulzimmerman7895]

I worked in a drug/alcohol rehab center almost 40 years ago and Father Martin's chalk talk was on the VCR in the detox unit 24 hours a day. He's great

[@Daniela.Mccaffrey]

As a psychologist, i am proud of everyone that is recovering and being sober!

[@raf.nogueira]

Uma Brasileira aqui, que interessante!

[@sexobscura]

Apart from alcohol, that really depends on what your definition of 'sober' is

[@jessernorton]

"What makes problems is one." Wow, as a 40yr old recovering alcoholic, this is on point - 1hr talk is the best I've ever heard regarding addiction, specifically alcoholism. And I've seen my fair share. Also, it was 4 yrs before my birth and I haven't heard better advice since I've been alive which might be a hint as to how far we haven't come.

[@BillAmodeo]

😮w😮wwe😮😮😮wwwww😮

[@BillAmodeo]

Wwwwwwww

[@thegalacticfederation4007]

Man I like this guy...

[@MsSimpleMovies]

Oh my goodness! Is it? Could it be? I think it is! This is the video we used to show in the rehab clinic where I volunteered during university, back in the late 90s! It's stuck with me.

[@draoi99]

I drank because I felt there was a huge gulf between me and everyone else and I wanted to be one of the people like everyone else. I also had a crippling fear of intimacy which was a huge problem for getting with ladies. I was always discontented, wishing I could be somewhere else. Alcohol was the solution to these problems and exceeded my wildest expectations. I inevitably turned to alcohol for all my problems and it became my Master. I eventually wound up drinking against my will because every single person or thing gave me resentments that burned me and could only be soothed by alcohol. Then came the day I could no longer work and I wound up homeless, for three years. During this time I became humbled enough to realise that I was beaten, even the great Me. Bumped into an ex girlfriend who told me she went to AA and thanks to her I did the 12 Steps and embarked on a new and wonderful phase of life.

[@marenawhite3322]

I am a woman alcoholic and addict who is only recovered on a daily basis. I’m never recovered fully until I am dead . 42 years of being clean and sober, back to back days.

[@patricklawrence2207]

well done 2 u keep t good work up 👍

[@JRC_86]

This man and this talk helped save my life. I have been sober for over 4 1/2 years and have never heard alcoholism discussed more coherently than Father Martin did.

[@bobnewmanknott3433]

I'm watching this 45 years after it was recorded As a recovering alcoholic ( and also a non believer ) I bless my lucky stars when I went to that first AA meeting it saved my life and that's no exaggeration ,and having watched this I am amazed at how clear precise and to the point this priest is .I have saved this on my watch list as a reminder of what I went though Wonderful wonderful video should be required viewing in all 6th forms Thanks for the posting

[@gordonely3591]

I agree with you about educating teenagers . Ignorance sure didn't help me .I grew up in "the dark ages" so I didn't get sober til I was 49 years old and it's taken 20 years to get over the regrets of a wasted life . AA works sometimes quickly -- sometimes slowly . Bipolar and autism didn't help any either but "all things are possible with G.O.D." I am a Hua Yen buddhist , so technically I'm an atheist .🎉

[@gsp49]

Ive been clean most of my life, but all of my old alcoholic friends have been dead for a decade, you dont see old white haired people abusing alcohol because the ones that do, are dead.

[@GCasey]

I enjoy these vintage instructional films.

[@broncoman3864]

I had to watch this video alone when went to rehab about 25 years ago. I drank for a while on and off after I left there but I quit drinking around 15 years ago. I might have a drink or two every once in a great while . I decided alcohol and I don’t get along and don’t even think about it anymore . I think everyone should watch this video.

[@service1956]

Probably one of the most terrifying experiences one could have is getting so drunk, driving home and waking up the next morning having absolutely no memory of how you got there.

[@patriciabarr2161]

My reason to be sober today.

[@kimpohng3990]

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[@jamming8519]

What an amazing man. RIP!

[@calliegruber1385]

I love this guy! I learned a lot from when I was in rehab. ❤❤❤❤

[@davidhoffman8548]

❤😢😮 Experience,Strength and Hope. I’ve lived through this with agony and defeat but….. what this MAN is the TRUTH and nothing but!!! there’s always HOPE if we just T R Y… all pride aside, and except our faults

[@anthonyjenkins5119]

Listen to this father before the drink is the only thing listening to you……😢 He is the truth I turn to him for his wisdom. Struggling with drinking for many years is crushing to me the damage I’ve done. Understanding the science of addiction means I’m getting closer to a better choices means better life……Thank you Father Martin

[@Steven-sy8mn]

I find this interesting. I have been sober November 21st will be a year after over 40 years of drunkenness. Thank God for people like this.

[@mstevens564]

Met Father Martin Autographed my big book took a picture with me.

[@opera93]

Cool, when& where? …Shouldn’t break anonymity

[@michaelclark4043]

There really isn't that much difference between alcohol and drugs alcohol is likewise a drug and as such is highly addictive and long term use and abuse can lead to serious consequences down the road.

[@gsp49]

Long term abuse isn't "can lead to" it always does, no exceptions to the rule. If you are still drinking in your early 60s, you will be dead by 70.

[@sheron080808]

Wow! I remember seeing him do this live 🦋 Whats really cool? My sobriety date is 7/11/84, and I was the 711th person to like this video. 🤩🤩🤩

[@marshalljimduncan]

Man takes a drink, drink takes a drink, drink takes the man...

[@kentparsons7772]

I started drinking when I was in the us Navy been sober since 2020

[@LisaCranston-v9q]

Is this Father Martains chalk talk??I heard of this in the rooms..

[@jillanderson1316]

Yes this is father Martins famous chalk talk . The most comprehensive description of alcoholism I ever heard . Having been one for 30 years and now sober for 6 . But I will tell you I couldn't have done it without the help of the addiction team AA and my own determination , you cannot do it alone because your brain will lie to you .

[@Givemecolors]

Powerful talk, captivating!

[@tanureful]

javou, suis lancé pour finir là !

[@Givemecolors]

@@tanureful ça te fera du bien ahahah

[@krilla]

Man, this guy is so spot on and clear with his explanations.

[@NavigatingOurFaith]

This video changed my life years ago. God love him.

[@vickythefist7062]

Wow this man talks so much sense that its crazy

[@vanderark89]

Top bloke. Great way of thinking about addiction.

[@vickythefist7062]

I can't stand the taste of alcohol! Thank goodness

[@murielleleblanc1337]

Here in Canada Toronto, Ontario is going to be more serious because now they are selling booze in every convenience store , along with weed.

[@janellev45]

Yeah, so am I from Toronto. It is scary.

[@murielleleblanc1337]

@@janellev45 but we must surrender all to God through prayers and meditation.

[@janellev45]

@@murielleleblanc1337 you are right. We do. Everyday... 🙏 ♡

[@jillanderson1316]

Most comprehensive ane electric description of alcoholism i ever heard having been one for 30 years and now sober for 6. Recovery is not for the faint hearted but sobriety is well worth the struggle there are many hard truths to belearned in recovery but a life at the end ! A life that is no longer a lie.

[@tonyc4776]

Looks like Archie bunker

[@littlerichie874]

Interesting talk. I’m not Catholic but I’m impressed with Fr. Martin.

[@JenLovesBenz]

My dad has drank everyday for over 30 yrs.. I am 30 and he was a alcoholic before I was even born. He's 61 and my mom said in this last yr he's fallen twice and couldn't get up and we all know it's from alcohol and he won't get help or go to a hospital. She thinks he had a mini stroke.. It's sad because he was my favourite as a kid and he's not the same person I remember.. He was a functioning alcoholic so he'd come home from work and drink for the rest of the day and then drink all weekend. Now that he's retired he drinks all day everyday for the last 8 yrs.

[@MsAdventure531]

I’ll venture to guess he’s sick and tired of being sick and tired?? I’m saying a prayer for your Dad. 🙏🏼🌿🌹

[@JenLovesBenz]

No he loves being a alcoholic, he's never once said he didn't want too. He used to say when I was younger "if the dr tells me to quit I will". The thing is he doesn't go to the Dr. Out of the the 31 yrs I've been alive he quit once for two weeks when I was 23. It was random and sudden but he quickly went back to it and never stopped again.

[@neviestix]

I was asked to listen to this when I went to Alanon in 1991. It got to me. I identified and denied until I could understand and really admit I was alcoholic in 1998 and was willing to get honest and get help. Thanks Joey.

[@ldfjlas]

god i hate the way priests and preachers talk. it is not natural and it turns my brain off like a switch. if you want me to take you seriously you need to talk to me like a human not with some mannered form of reading with screwed up artificial cadence.

[@samrat101]

this might be due to neuro spyllis (sphyllis in brain) in some alcholics --- penncillin dose every 3 months.

[@my4angelsSweden]

Watching now May 23,2024. I have an alcoholic in the family.

[@Erik-p7p]

Its only AA and NA. Everything else bs

[@JebInge-vi5gl]

I appreciate you please don't get in trouble 🙏

[@shaynetazelaar1702]

Imagine what this smart man would think of the drug filled world of today😢

[@eawil-sunart]

From a priest… lolololol psychopaths!!!! my first taste was in church!!!!! … fix the food fix most addiction !!!!! The spiritual process is easily understood with a clear train of thought!!! We were screwed bf the first sip…

[@JRC_86]

He was an alcoholic himself. Please specify what exactly is psychopathic about this fill. I'll wait

[@heatherlynn2695]

wow.. its so obvious and I had to see a 1978 video about it???

[@JRC_86]

Nobody has the balls today to talk about alcohol this way...

[@Erik-p7p]

How do you act when your on it.

[@TNTN1977]

My dad and mom's dad died of it

[@murielleleblanc1337]

Excellent talk as usual

[@BobBurdens-ds9pc]

Omg. Love. Yell. I'm. Present 📦 many. Are. Not. Some. Very Very Very Very. Beautifully. Talented people got blown up or. Rear-ended. Omg drunken drivers killed more than Vietnam War.

[@opera93]

Interestingly, just came up in my * YT appearance mix“: we seen a few CHALK TALKS, IN my Treatment @ RIDGEVIEW IN, SMYRNA GA Mar-June, 1982* : always good… Interestingly, We ( I ( Dennis M.),**got a chance to meet :: Sister Ruth, Clancy I.,PAUL & Max, Indian JOE, ETC..; around NORTHERN INDIANA Conferences/Meetings/Etc. Esp. In early 1980-90s!….. great Stuff..

[@Erik-p7p]

Identification

[@cyrilblanchard1938]

Amazing on many levels....55 years old and don't drink anymore. '' ❤'' love this so much.

[@reykjavik82]

should this every 3 weeks at the rehab where i worked for a year and a half and in my private practice many time. the granddaddy and still the best.

[@paulfrancis8764]

Amazing!

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

A Christmas story kid all grown up 😅

[@markp5762]

31:50 That's hilarious.

[@paulmeredith4515]

Father joe Martin

[@bruno12_3]

Fantastic

[@BobBurdens-ds9pc]

Very 😔

[@eduzz4655]

34:18 wtf.

[@peacebewithdayo9266]

Going to need a drink after this lecture.

[@othername1000]

1:51

[@Gammanoize]

I write down the date on a whiteboard when I drink (as much as I want) and then I don't drink for three weeks... I see the date, It's like a challenge for me, I complete the three weeks, I get the reward of drinking. It's not quitting though... But it is regulated...

[@gsp49]

They always told me that "If you can control your drinking, it's controlling you."

[@opera93]

Well……..

[@bethmackins2433]

that is called binge drinking, the act of binge drinking refers to heavy alcohol consumption on an occassion. 5 or more drinks for men and 4 for women, on at least one occasion in the previous 3 weeks. Binge drinking is just as harmful to your health. I cannot remember the last time i had an alcoholic drink, but my father was an alcoholic. I used to pour bottles of vodka and cider down the sink at 10 years old and fill it back up with water. At 10 years old i could see how destructive it was, of course i have my own vices and am very understanding of addiction. the thing with alcohol is its legal, can be bought any time of any day and its everywhere. in my opinion its the worst addiction.

[@bethmackins2433]

side note, my dad was irish. Had religion forced upon him his whole childhood and for that i can’t blame him for turning to drink ☘️

[@damianrudegeair3064]

I'm thirsty.

[@CloveCoast]

This man is so based

[@JRC_86]

Biased in what way? He was a recovered alcoholic...

[@trinireader6289]

If you want to live an extremely boring life don't drink!!!

[@christianmiller1723]

Why did you feel the need to take time out of your day to type these 11 words?

[@trinireader6289]

@@christianmiller1723 Many do not see drinking Alcohol as evil. Anything done excessively is an obsession and damaging including those that follow doctrines made up by man that call the consumption of Alcohol evil. You think in the days of Jesus that people did not consume alcohol? Were they all evil people? Some priest goes up on a board makes a few statements and all of a sudden it is so? If you believe that you will believe that God will shortly arrive and kill most of the people on Earth because many swayed from His laws. You really think that God is such an Angry God or is He a forgiving God?

[@herelieskittythomas3726]

​@@christianmiller1723he is just drunk, ignore him.

[@JRC_86]

Right because alcohol equals fun

[@trinireader6289]

@@JRC_86 Yes it heightens the experience but alcohol needs to be handled too much is a problem you have to know your limits and stick to it in my case three drinks is enough, nine and I may black out, five and I need to be driven home so I stick to three. And to those that don't use alcohol I say good for you. I love my three drinks and I can spread them over 5 hours which suits me just fine.