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57 Fla. B.J. 1 (1983)

handle is hein.barjournals/florbarj0057 and id is 1 raw text is: TEFORID0ADAR JOURNAL ADVANCING COMPETENCE AND PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY OF LAWYERS 600 APALACHEE PARKWAY, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301 PHONE: (904) 222-5286 VOLUME LVII, NO. 1 MAILING ADDRESS: THE FLORIDA BAR CENTER, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301-8226 JANUARY 1983 The Florida Bar Journal (ISSN 0015-3915) 00 Editorial Staff John F. Harkness, Jr., Editor Linda H. Yates, Managing Editor Cheryle M. Dodd, Associate Editor Judson Orrick, Assistant Editor Clara Mae Hart, Advertising Director Gail Grimes, Circulation Director Mary Ann Mayo, Staff Assistant Judith Nable, Art Production Officers of The Florida Bar James C. Rinaman, Jr., Jacksonville, President William o. E. Henry, Lakeland, President-elect John F. Harkness, Jr., Tallahassee, Executive Director The Board of Governors Patrick G. Emmanuel, First Circuit; Ben H. Wilkinson, David V. Kerns, Second Circuit; Thomas W. Brown, Third Circuit; John M. McNatt, Jr., Rutledge R. Liles, Fourth Circuit; Edwin C. Cluster, Fifth Circuit; F. Wallace Pope, Jr., Loule N. Adcock, Jr., Sixth Circuit; William E. Loucks, Seventh Circuit; Stephen A. Rappenecker, Eighth Circuit; William Trickel, Jr., Robert J. Pleus, Jr., Ninth Circuit; Robert E. Pyle, Tenth Circuit; Phyllis Shampanier, Theodore Klein, Barry R. Davidson, Boyce F. Ezell Ill, Gerald F. Richman, Robert E. Livingston, Robert C. Josefsberg, Eleventh Circuit; Harry G. Goodheart Il1, Twelfth Circuit; J. Fraser Himes, Bill Wagner, Thirteenth Circuit,, Rowlett W. Bryant, Fourteenth Circuit; Sidney A. Stubbs, Jr., Joseph J. Reiter, Fifteenth Circuit; Kay G. Finley, Sixteenth Circuit; Ray Ferrero, Jr., Drake M. Batchelder, Hugh S. Glickstein, Seventeenth Circuit; Elting L. Storms, Eighteenth Circuit; Ben L. Bryan, Jr., Nineteenth Circuit; J. Dudley Goodlette, Twentieth Circuit; Donald C. Evans, Jr., Out-of-State; Lawrence G. Mathews, Jr., President Young Lawyers Section; Neil J. Berman, President-elect Young Lawyers Section. Editorial Board Stephen Nagin, Chairman, Miami; Dean Bunch, Vice Chairman, Tallahassee; G. Robert Arnold, Orlando! John F. Dickinson, Jacksonville; Irving D. Gaines, Milwaukee; George C. J. Moore, West Palm Beach; Marsha G. Rydberg, Tampa; Barrett Sanders, Miami; Leonard E. Schulte, Tallahassee; Edward Siegel, Jacksonville; George E. Tragos, Clearwater Beach; Stephen C. Alldredge, Tampa; Russell M. Blain, St. Petersburg; Dominic L. Brandy, Ft. Lauderdale; Susan G. Chopin, Palm Beach; Ann Cocheu, Tallahassee; William N. Drake, Jr., St. Peters- burg; M. Terry McNab, Tallahassee; Stevan T. Northcutt, Tampa; J. Stephen O'Hara, Jr., Jacksonville; William D. Palmer, Orlando; Howard E. Adams, Tallahassee; Everett P. Anderson, Tallahassee; Richard A. Belz, Gainesville; Linda E; Chastang, Atlanta; Marshall B. Kapp, Dayton; Michael G. Kohn, Cincinnati; Barbara R. Pankau, Tampa; Richard R. Roach, Jr., Lakeland; Courtney W. Stanton, Jacksonville; Gilbert L. Sandler, Miami; Boart. Liaison: Robert E. Livingston, Miami. FEATURES 10 My return to sobriety This article, started on the front cover, accounts how one Florida lawyer came back from alcoholic ruin to sobriety and contentment 13 A conspiracy of silence Assistant Editor Judson H. Orrick discusses recognition of alcoholism as a disease and how pervasive it is among Florida lawyers and the public in general 21 The disease of addiction from the pillory to Medicare Bruce Alexander gives a history of public and legal attitudes regarding alcoholism and cites legal decisions which sur- faced the disease concept 28 The Florida Lawyers' Recovery Network-Doing more with less Harry G. Goodheart Ill relates the purposes of the network and the help it is providing alcoholic Florida Bar members who seek help from their recovered peers 33 Impaired attorney proceedings-A new approach to an old problem Chandler R. Muller explains The Florida Bar's efforts to provide a means not only to discipline the alcoholiclawyer who violates disciplinary rules but to help him deal with his problem 40 Sober is fun: Looking at the recovery process Howard L. Garrett gives a message of hope: The cure is simple, obvious and complete REPORTS 4 President's Page by James C. Rinaman, Jr. 6 Executive Directions by John F. Harkness, Jr. 8 Letters to the Journal 56 Current Legal Literature 57 Judicial Ethics LAW NOTES 42 Tax Law Notes by Steven 1. Weissman 46 Family Law by Fred M. Dellapa 53 Real Property, Probate and Trust Law by Barrett Sanders 58 Corporation, Banking and Business Law by Carlos E. Loumiet 62 Criminal Law by Paul M. Eakin Published monthly except July/August is combined issue, by The Florida Bar, 600 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee 32301-8226. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Tallahassee, Florida 32301-8226 and at additional mailing offices. The Florida Bar Journal (ISSN 0015-3915). Subscriptions: Florida Bar members receive the Journal as part of their annual dues payment. Nonmember subscriptions are $20 a year; $12 for law students and retired Bar members (double distribution will occur upon a student subscriber's admission to the Bar). Single magazine copies, $1.75; September directory issue $15 ($7.50 to Bar members). Single copy sales subject to 5% Florida sales tax. Advertising copy is carefully reviewed but publication herein does not necessarily imply endorsement of any product or service offered. Advertising rate card will be furnished upon request. Views and conclusions expressed in articles herein are those ofthe authors not necessarily thoseoftheeditorial staff, officials or Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Manuscripts may be submitted, typed doublespaced, to Managing Editor, The Florida Bar Journal, Tallahassee, Florida 32301-8226. 51983 The Florida Bar. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Florida Bar Journal, Tallahassee, Florida 32301-8226. THE FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL/JANUARY 1983