April is Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence since 1987, encourages local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues. Alcohol Awareness Month began as a way of reaching the American public with information about the disease of alcoholism - that it is a treatable disease, not a moral weakness, and that alcoholics are capable of recovery.
Learn more about the event at http://www.ncadd.org/news/news56.html.
April 10th is National Alcohol Screening Day
National Alcohol Screening Day is designed to raise public awareness about the consequences of at-risk drinking and alcohol’s effect on general health, as well as specific medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancer.
Find out about National Alcohol Screening Day and how you locate a screening site or host a screening at http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nasd/.
Interviews on Alcohol Awareness Month and National Alcohol Screening Day
Watch these three streaming videos, which contain brief interviews about Alcohol Awareness Month and National Alcohol Screening Day:
Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W., Administrator, Substance and Mental Health Services Administration
 Video of interview
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Video of interview
Stacia Murphy, President of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
Video of interview
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