Marty Mann Research Paper
A Biography of Marty Mann
Marty Mann, Image from Barefoots World
Marty Mann was born on October 15, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born into a life of prosperity and opportunity. She went to the best private schools. She was blessed with attractiveness, intelligence, a prevailing motivation and drive, phenomenal liveliness, and astonishing charisma. She also was able to travel extensively, and was a debutante. In the social circle she had moved in was fast-living. This was when Mann became known for her drinking capacity without an apparent effect (often a sign of alcoholism). Mann had married into a well-to-do New Orleans family. When Mann was in her late twenties, and due to monetary reverses, …show more content…
she had to go to work. Due to her social and family connections, it made it easy to launch her career in public relations. However, her drinking grew to a point where it jeopardized her business and her life. It was finally in 1939 when her psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Tiebout, gave her a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous book, and convinced her to attend her first AA meeting (at the time there were only two AA groups in the entire United States). Despite more than a few relapses during her first year and a half of sobriety, Mrs. Mann had success in 1940 becoming abstinent from alcohol. Marty treasured and respected AA from the beginning. She had an immense feeling of relief to learn she wasn’t incurably insane, but instead had a disease which manifested itself together with an obsession of the brain. Apart from her brief relapse after twenty years, Marty remained sober for the rest of her life. Five years after Marty had found AA, she had a vision. Her dream was to educate the entire world about alcoholism. She became fixated with eradicating the stigma in which was attached to chronic inebriation. At this point in time, she joined forces with the Yale School of Alcohol Studies (now at Rutgers), where significant scientific research into alcoholism was in progress. Eventually her educational efforts led to the creation of a separate institute, the National Council on Alcoholism (now known as the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence or NCADD). NCADD is our countries most significant educational, referral source for alcoholics, families, and communities all across the country. Marty was intensely focused on her mission.
These thoughts formed the basis of her message: 1. Alcoholism is a disease and the alcoholic is a sick person. 2. The alcoholic can be helped and is worth helping. 3. Alcoholism is a public health problem and therefore a public responsibility. She was tremendously fortunate to find a wealthy donor, Brinkley Smithers, whom was committed to her goals and openhandedly supported her organization. “More than one person said she was like a train coming down the track—jump on or get out of the way”. By all accounts, she was one of the most fascinating speakers we have ever seen. At the start, audiences were hesitant of her message; an alcoholic is a sick person who can be helped. But at the end, they wound up willingly supporting her. For the most of her twenty-four years of directing the NCA, Mrs. Mann maintained approximately two-hundred speeches annually. Her purpose behind her talks was simply this, to establish local volunteer groups in all major cities. Then these affiliates of the NCA would continue to carry out NCA’s mission to provide education, information and referral for their individual
communities. In conclusion, Marty’s commitment and vision to help fellow addicted persons continues on to be the foundation of today’s NCADD. Most importantly remembering, out of Marty’s suffering has been born a network of hope and help. Many people who volunteer, reach out, or work to find people help at NCADD, either at the national or one of the many affiliate offices, often enjoy the serenity of Marty’s experience by opening their hearts to the enjoyment of recovery. Remember, “Alcoholics are not burns…they are sick, and can recover from this disease just as from others.”(Marty Mann)
Works Cited
1. Brown, Sally. A Biography on Marty Mann. Barefootsworld.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
2. Wikipedia contributors. "Marty Mann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2013.
3. "What the Alcoholic Owes to Marty Mann." NCADD. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
Works Cited
4. Brown, Sally. A Biography on Marty Mann. Barefootsworld.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
5. Wikipedia contributors. "Marty Mann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2013.
6. "What the Alcoholic Owes to Marty Mann." NCADD. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
Marty Mann, Image from Barefoots World
Marty Mann was born on October 15, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born into a life of prosperity and opportunity. She went to the best private schools. She was blessed with attractiveness, intelligence, a prevailing motivation and drive, phenomenal liveliness, and astonishing charisma. She also was able to travel extensively, and was a debutante. In the social circle she had moved in was fast-living. This was when Mann became known for her drinking capacity without an apparent effect (often a sign of alcoholism). Mann had married into a well-to-do New Orleans family. When Mann was in her late twenties, and due to monetary reverses, …show more content…
she had to go to work. Due to her social and family connections, it made it easy to launch her career in public relations. However, her drinking grew to a point where it jeopardized her business and her life. It was finally in 1939 when her psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Tiebout, gave her a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous book, and convinced her to attend her first AA meeting (at the time there were only two AA groups in the entire United States). Despite more than a few relapses during her first year and a half of sobriety, Mrs. Mann had success in 1940 becoming abstinent from alcohol. Marty treasured and respected AA from the beginning. She had an immense feeling of relief to learn she wasn’t incurably insane, but instead had a disease which manifested itself together with an obsession of the brain. Apart from her brief relapse after twenty years, Marty remained sober for the rest of her life. Five years after Marty had found AA, she had a vision. Her dream was to educate the entire world about alcoholism. She became fixated with eradicating the stigma in which was attached to chronic inebriation. At this point in time, she joined forces with the Yale School of Alcohol Studies (now at Rutgers), where significant scientific research into alcoholism was in progress. Eventually her educational efforts led to the creation of a separate institute, the National Council on Alcoholism (now known as the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence or NCADD). NCADD is our countries most significant educational, referral source for alcoholics, families, and communities all across the country. Marty was intensely focused on her mission.
These thoughts formed the basis of her message: 1. Alcoholism is a disease and the alcoholic is a sick person. 2. The alcoholic can be helped and is worth helping. 3. Alcoholism is a public health problem and therefore a public responsibility. She was tremendously fortunate to find a wealthy donor, Brinkley Smithers, whom was committed to her goals and openhandedly supported her organization. “More than one person said she was like a train coming down the track—jump on or get out of the way”. By all accounts, she was one of the most fascinating speakers we have ever seen. At the start, audiences were hesitant of her message; an alcoholic is a sick person who can be helped. But at the end, they wound up willingly supporting her. For the most of her twenty-four years of directing the NCA, Mrs. Mann maintained approximately two-hundred speeches annually. Her purpose behind her talks was simply this, to establish local volunteer groups in all major cities. Then these affiliates of the NCA would continue to carry out NCA’s mission to provide education, information and referral for their individual
communities. In conclusion, Marty’s commitment and vision to help fellow addicted persons continues on to be the foundation of today’s NCADD. Most importantly remembering, out of Marty’s suffering has been born a network of hope and help. Many people who volunteer, reach out, or work to find people help at NCADD, either at the national or one of the many affiliate offices, often enjoy the serenity of Marty’s experience by opening their hearts to the enjoyment of recovery. Remember, “Alcoholics are not burns…they are sick, and can recover from this disease just as from others.”(Marty Mann)
Works Cited
1. Brown, Sally. A Biography on Marty Mann. Barefootsworld.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
2. Wikipedia contributors. "Marty Mann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2013.
3. "What the Alcoholic Owes to Marty Mann." NCADD. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
Works Cited
4. Brown, Sally. A Biography on Marty Mann. Barefootsworld.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.
5. Wikipedia contributors. "Marty Mann." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Apr. 2013.
6. "What the Alcoholic Owes to Marty Mann." NCADD. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2013.