| September is National Alcohol and Drug
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| | less problem to deal with. With each
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| Addiction Recovery Month, when we applaud
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| | individual success, drug and alcohol
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| the contributions of treatment providers
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| | rehab improves society at large.
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| and promote the fact that recovery from
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| | In Ohio, the effects of drug and alcohol
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| substance abuse in all its forms is
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| | rehab programs were recently studied.
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| possible. This year's slogan for Recovery
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| | Here are some general statistics that
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| Month, "Saving lives, saving dollars",
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| | show what really happens when drug rehab
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| captures the two most important aspects
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| | works:
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| of successful alcohol and drug rehab
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| | * Absenteeism decreased by 89 percent.
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| programs.
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| | * Tardiness decreased by 92 percent.
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| Alcoholism and drug dependence are the
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| | * Problems with supervisors decreased by
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| nation's No. 1 health problem, straining
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| | 56 percent.
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| the health care system and the economy,
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| | * Mistakes in work decreased by 70
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| destroying family life, threatening
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| | percent.
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| public safety, and causing individual
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| | * Incomplete work decreased by 81
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| misery and sometimes, when untreated,
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| | percent.
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| death. Substance abuse affects men, women
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| | This is the kind of evidence that clearly
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| and children from every element of
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| | shows how valuable treatment for alcohol
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| society, every tax bracket and every
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| | and drug addiction and abuse is. It
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| ethnic group.
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| | improves the lives of everyone in the
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| Every time someone recovers their life
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| | environment - even those who don't
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| through alcohol or drug rehab, the
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| | personally know the graduates of the drug
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| benefits ripple out in countless ways.
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| | and alcohol rehab programs.
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| The individual has his or her life back,
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| | Substance abuse diagnostic and treatment
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| which is the greatest accomplishment of a
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| | services have improved tremendously in
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| successful drug rehab program. But the
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| | recent years. Modern treatment can help
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| effects reach far and wide: friends and
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| | almost anyone recover and live productive
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| families can begin to relax, breathe
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| | lives. With National Alcohol and Drug
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| easier, and enjoy improved quality of
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| | Addiction Recovery Month almost over,
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| life; individual workplace performance
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| | don't wait another second - take the
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| improves and businesses share in that
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| | opportunity to help someone you know who
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| success; and if the criminal justice
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| | may need a successful drug rehab program
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| system has been involved, there is one
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| | to recover their life.
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