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'he Collegian
News
November 13, 1996 • page 5
^ail leads student to turn life around in treatment
by Paul Dominguez
reporter
W Within five years she had been
to -four treatment facilities and spent
11. months in Dallas County jail, but
now, Sherry Cook, NE Campus stu-
dent, must deal with her addiction
< alcohol.
The 35-year-old is a resident of
enikor Foundation Inc., a non-
profit drug and alcohol rehabilita-
tion center in Fort Worth.
“It’s a long-term drug and alco-
hol treatment facility for hard core
Jcoholics and drug addicts,” Cook
■nd.
w “Hard core means that a person
has been in and out of other treat-
ment facilities and usually in and
out of jail,” she said.
After about seven months in
■nil, Cook knew she had to make
ftme changes because she could not
Keep going the way she was.
Cook, who used different types
of drugs during her youth, had the
determination and will power to
kick all of her drug habits except
te, alcohol.
“I was a user of cocaine and
other hard drugs,” she said. “I was
able to get off those, but alcohol
was a whole other ballgame.”
Four treatment centers had
failed to help because they focused
■ainly on the goal of detoxification,
■ook said.
Sherry Cook, who struggles daily with alcohol ad- now works in the public relations department She
diction has found treatment at Cenikor, where she had tried four other facilities before Cenikor.
Cook recognized her problem
with alcohol was more than a chem-
ical dependency.
“What a lot of people don’t re-
alize is that along with drug and al-
cohol addiction are the behaviors,
and Cenikor addresses those behav-
iors. It’s a behavioral modification
program along with drug educa-
tion,” she said.
Although changing her behav-
ioral patterns was difficult, Cook
said reinforcements, called tools,
help make her aware of those areas
that need improvement.
Each tool is stressed with more
emphasis than the previous one,
Cook said.
“The first one is called a pull-
up. It is a friendly reminder of
things we have done or have failed
to do,” she said.
“They stress a positive environ-
ment. For example, if I were to use
profanity, someone would way,
‘Sherry, you don’t need to use pro-
fanity.’ I would then thank them for
reminding me,” she said.
“What that person is doing is
bringing something to my attention
that I have a problem with,” she
said.
Cook said continually repeating
a problem would result in progres-
sive steps of reinforcement.
Reinforcements could be giving
a speech about the problem, writing
an essay about it or even washing
dishes for a few days to allow that
person to think about the severity of
the problem.
“I’ve learned not to react nega-
tively to things when they don’t go
my way,” she said. “I’ve built cop-
ing skills here. I learned to cope
and deal with things the way they
are and think logically instead of
acting in an immature way.”
Ironically, it was during Cook’s
stay in jail that she decided to get
an education.
“When I was in Dallas County
jail, they had an instructor from El
Centro College come and teach
some psychology and sociology
classes,” she said. “I took those and
really enjoyed them.”
While staying at Cenikor, Cook
feels more confident to continue her
college education.
“It was through this program
that I was able to build up enough
self-esteem to believe that I could
do it,” she said.
Cook, who works for Cenikor’s •
public relations department, begins
her day at 6 a.m. She works an 8
a.m.-4 p.m. shift before leaving for
night classes on NE Campus.
Although her schedule is some-
what difficult, Cook said it is the
hardness that keeps her determined
and focused.
“This program is the best thing
I could have done for myself,” she
said.
Cook has two months left for
stage one at Cenikor, which lasts 18
months. She then enters what is
called the re-entry phase.
“In re-entry, you must possess a
General Equivalency Diploma, an
automobile, an apartment and
$1,500 saved in order to graduate,”
she said.
Cook feels she has the solid
foundation to build on her life and
handle any problems that will arise.
When asked what advice she
would give to today’s youth who
may be heading towards a life of
addiction, Cook said she would
stress the effects of what she calls
the “gateway drugs” such as ciga-
rettes, alcohol and marijuana.
“That’s where it all starts,” she
said. “If you start the gateway
drugs early in life, chances are you
will try some of the harder drugs
later on.”
New deans
jtake spots
onNE,NW
by Karen Bayless
ireporter
Sylvia Martinez
and
Rhonda Jackson were both re-
cently promoted to possitions
as assistant deans of Continuing
Education on NW and NE cam-
puses respectively.
Martinez, former director
of Student Activities on NW
Campus, will be involved in
hiring new teachers and setting
up classes through the non-
credit and certificate classes on
NW Campus.
Martinez will work with all
age groups.
“I’ll be working with the
College for Kids programs and
setting up programs for the WJ.
Turner Elementary School that
NW Campus has adopted,” she
said. “Those kids get an inter-
session when they are off for
weeks at a time during the
school year, and they come to
class here.”
Martinez said the experi-
ence and skills she acquired on
campus and her 20 years with
the Fort Worth Independent
School District will help her in
doing her job well.
“We are in a predominantly
Hispanic community, and I
being bilingual and bi-cultural
will allow a lot of room for cre-
ative and innovative ideas,” she
said.
Martinez has a master’s in
guidance and counseling and a
bachelor’s in education from
Texas Woman’s University.
Jackson is the new NE
Campus assistant dean of
Continuing Education and
Economic Development.
For eight years, Jackson
was coordinator of Special
Projects for Allied Health on
NE.
“She has made significant
contributions to the growth in
Allied Health Continuing
Education on this campus with
her vision and organization,”
Karla Hase, dean of Continuing
Education and Economic
Development, said in a recent
statement for TCJC faculty.
“We will greatly benefit
from her experience as she ap-
plies it to the overall operation
of Continuing Education,” she
said.
Jackson worked in the
medical field prior to her em-
ployment at TCJC.
Former military woman to head Health Services
by Rebecca Grigg
reporter
From a licensed vocational nurse in Del
Rio to an officer in the Air Force, SE
Campus’s new coordinator for Health
Services and SCOOP has had vast experi-
ences in nearly every area of nursing.
Veronica Warrior moved to Fort Worth in
1971 where she received a position at John
Peter Smith Hospital.
Warrior was the Northside charge nurse
for Planned Parenthood and was a staff R.N.
for Family Planning.
In 1972-73, Warrior was health educator
for South Campus while taking courses.
In Aug. 1973, the nurse left South
Campus to enroll at Texas Woman’s
University in Denton where she received her
nursing degree.
This was not enough for Warrior. In
1989 she went into the Air Force as a med-
ical-surgical nurse.
“It was something I always wanted to ex-
perience with nursing,” she said. “There is
such a difference between civilian nursing
and military nursing.”
Warrior’s goal was to learn how to save
lives in times when the equipment was not
necessarily available.
“In the military, it’s you and one techni-
cian, and that’s it,” she said.
Warrior has worked in emergency, recov-
ery, surgical, cardiac and intensive care units
throughout her years of nursing.
The Living at Home Block Nurse
Program for senior citizens is Warrior’s most
recent venture besides her position on SE
Campus.
Warrior is a volunteer for the program
and is also chairman of the board.
Establishing neighborhood telephone
connection or giving a ride for a doctor’s ap-
pointment are some of the things Warrior
does for the program.
“Sometimes it’s good to just have some-
body in the neighborhood to check up on
them,” she said.
Sickle cell anemia is also something
Warrior is involved with. She usually draws
blood and works with the advisory commit-
tee.
In July 1995, Warrior got out of the mili-
tary and began working for Kaiser
Permanente in Fort Worth as a triage nurse
and R.N. for the clinic.
“At Kaiser, I did everything from emer-
gencies to internal medicine,” she said.
“When you work triage, you need to be able
to act fast and think fast.”
Warrior is also the coordinator for the
Student Center for Opportunity to Overcome
Problems (SCOOP).
Students with Multiple Sclerosis, arthri-
tis, visually or hearing impairements, am-
putees, and students with Attention Deficit
Disorder, come through Warrior.
“Students are referred through the Texas
Rehabilitation Commission, Commission for
the Blind, and Commission for the Deaf,” she
said.
Warrior interviews SCOOP students and
assistants who are hired to work with the
SCOOP students.
Students are referred to counseling if
needed, Warrior said.
SCOOP also provides tutoring, mobility
assistance, a reader, or a writer for notetaking,
all of which Warrior is a part of.
“This has been so rewarding in establish-
ing my nursing background,” she said.
Workshop deals with health
Women’s health issues were
discussed in a workshop sponsored
by NE Health Services recently.
NE Campus nurse, Barbara
Glenn, showed a video and held a
question period at the workshop.
The video, Get Real: Straight
Talk About Women’s Health, dealt
with issues concerning women’s
health, including sex, breast cancer,
eating disorders, depression and vi-
olence against women.
Facts revealed in the video are
as follows:
•35 percent of sexually active
people contract chlamydia.
•Symptoms of chlamydia are
not as noticeable in women.
•1/2 of college students have
genital warts.
•1 of 2 women get osteoporo-
sis; nearly all cases are preventable.
The video is available in the
Health Services office.
Glenn will hold similar work-
shops Tuesday, Nov.12, and
Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Student
Center Galley, noon-1 p.m.
“The other dates will be geared
more toward breast cancer. We will
show women how to do self-exami-
nations, and we will pass out calen-
dars to remind them to do self-ex-
aminations and instructions that
hang on the shower spout for
exams,” she said.
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Parade of Lights will kick off its 13th year at 6
p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, in downtown Fort Worth.
This year’s theme is Holiday Traditions.
“The show will twinkle and shine its way south on
Main to 8th and north on Houston Street at General
Worth Square at 7:30 p.m.,” Maggie Campbell, director
of promotions, said.
Santa will arrive to culminate the parade and lead
spectators down to 8th and Main for the Annual Jaycees
Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, she said.
Parade of Lights celebrates the beginning of the
holiday season with John V. Roach, civic leader, select-
ed as this year’s Grand Marshall.
“Celebrity announcers from Channel 5, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram and KVIL 103.7 will provide informa-
tion about the colorful illuminated entries,” she said.
Applications and parade rules are available for in-
terested participants. Parade of Lights is a presentation
of Downtown Fort Worth Inc. For more information
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