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