National Recovery Month Points Out Necessity of Acting Early to Eliminate Addiction

September is the time to celebrate National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. That makes September the right time for families to approach family members with an addiction problem to help them find their way onto the path to recovery now.

When families realize that a son, daughter or other member is having a problem with drugs or alcohol, the natural tendency is to try to help them find a new job, a new place to live, or help them out with bills or legal fees. All too often, however, this route leads to tens of thousands of dollars invested without that expense resulting in recovery from addiction. By the time many families start a serious search for rehabilitation, their financial options are severely limited and their emotions have been ravaged. The addicted person may have been through multiple stays in jail, may have lost their children, spouse, health, business and everything they own by this time.

“Many addicts promise to quit but in fact, can’t get clean without help,” stated Derry Hallmark, Director of Admissions at Narconon Arrowhead, one of the nation’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “When a person has a pattern of continuing to use drugs or alcohol despite damage to life, family and work, that should tip a family off to the need for rehab. If a family continues to bail out the addict from one problem after another, they are actually helping the addict continue their addiction rather than insisting on recovery. Their insistence may be what that addict needs to face the drug or alcohol problem.”

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