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Elayne Ingram

Dante Foster interviewed Elayne Ingram on November 16, 2001 and wrote the following statement about that experience; "Elayne and I spoke in the living room of her home in Dillingham, Alaska.  She shared her story and her rather formidable insight over the course of 6 hours and as many mugs of piping hot green tea.  Elayne is a natural teacher whose calm demeanor and purposeful way of speaking are riveting.  It was a genuine pleasure to meet Elayne and her granddaughter (with whom she was living at the time).  Both are gifted singers with a great passion for music whose generosity instantly puts visitors at ease.  I will not soon (or ever) forget the time we shared."

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	1) Background information alcoholic home/ Christmas/ parents fighting/ 16 -- fake drank/ Anchorage -- school/ married -- children/ Oregon -- husband drank/ divorced/ pipeline/ second marriage/ started drinking| 2) Drinking experiences Glenallen Camp -- pipeline/ financially secure/ Anchorage -- 4 daughters/ party on weekends/ third marriage -- drunk/ children saw -- quit| 3) Working in a treatment center to become sober AA meetings/ Myers Lake -- family recovery/ Alkali Lake/ surrounded by sober people/ ACOA work/ Barrow -- Jake's Place/ Hawaii/ Barrow -- therapy| 4) Survival skills brought up between two sets of twins/ determination/ fight low self-esteem/ Barrow/ work -- contributed to sobriety| 5) Breast cancer and recovery Barrow/ Anchorage -- treatment/ mastectomy/ chemotherapy -- Barrow/ positive thinking/ adult child of an alcoholic -- ACOA/ arts and crafts/ Jake's Place -- Recovery Center| 6) Family parents/ Dillingham/ Barrow/ Church of Christ/ Harriet Elayne/ Wasilla/ recovery| 7) Being a caregiver take car of oneself/ mental exercises/ creative outlet/ Gulkana Treatment Center --Gulkana Village/ Salvation Army -- Anchorage/ counseling others|

 

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