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By PHILIPPA KIRBY HappaMttaodt Special Writer Bob Traenor, who hails originally from Washington, D. C., is the new part-time Substance Abuse and Mental Health counselor at the Rappahannock Mental Health Clinic. He has had three years of experince in Mental Health work, and has an M.A. in counselling.
Many people do not realize, as Traenor explains, that “alcohol can become an addictive drug” just as easily as the more obvious drugs, including barbituates and even heroin. He says that alcohol poses the largest problem of substance abuse in Rappahannock County, and as such, is the illness that he deals with most frequently. Traenor feels that the situation in Rappahannock is not very much different from that in any other area, and that the services which the Clinic provides are needed. “Most of the people here are not chronic—only a small per cent of folks are chronically ill,” he points out. But this does not mean that the help that the Clinic can provide is only useful to those with severe problems. The Clinic can help when someone temporarily feels that he or she cannot cope with what is going on around him or when a person needs assistance with an emotional crisis.
“We can offer a wide
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