National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month - September 2009

Press Room

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

(4/1/2009 )

In 2007, 23.3 percent of persons (almost 58 million people aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to taking SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). That same year, approximately 17 million adults reported drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days.

More information can be found at SAMHSA's site.

Keywords: Alcohol Awareness

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The Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers, and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible.

Materials and events posted on the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) Web site are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.