Sam Showalter (pictured speaking at EMU), a family physician at the Green Valley Clinic in Bergton, Virginia, was a medical director of an inpatient facility in the 1980s that detoxed and educated more than 1,000 people addicted to alcohol and drugs. (Photo by Sarah Gingrich) Alcohol addiction can make men somewhat effeminate, says Dr. Sam Showalter in kick-off Suter Science talk September 15, 2008Last updated September 26, 2014 by Robert Propst Visit: Disease of alcoholism responds to proper treatment, says Dr. Sam Showalter in kick-off Suter Science talk