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Things Many of Us in Recovery Wish We Had Known Earlier
  1. Alcohol Use Disorder is a common, recognized chronic disease; not a moral failing or character flaw.
  2. Diagnosis is not difficult at its core (do you drink more than you intended; continue to drink even though it is causing trouble with your family or friends, etc.). 1
  3. Getting help can be a pit-stop toward best-ever performance, not an admission of failure or weakness.
    • Having AUD is not the issue (unhealthy alcohol use affects almost a third of adults, but stigma and denial prevent honest conversations about it).
    • Having AUD and not managing it is.
  4. People in recovery are all around us
    1. Famous people (New headlines appear regularly)
    2. Local people (Thousands of people in the Raleigh-Durham area are in recovery from AUD) 2
  5. People in recovery often rebound higher
    1. Often lead happier, more meaningful lives than the general population 3 ; even have lower overall healthcare costs than average. 4
    2. Further, recurrence rates of AUD decrease significantly with more time in recovery, making recovery “stick”. 5
  6. The only thing is you have to pit the car.  Box now.​


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1. NIH, NIAAA, ​www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-use-disorders
2. Assumes the ratio of AA members per capita at the US-level applied to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Combined Statistical Census Area (population 2.24M in 2018)
3. Dr. David Sack, CMO, Elements Behavioral Health, https://blogs.psychcentral.com/addiction-recovery/2012/02/are-recovering-addicts-happier/
4. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5671784/
5. Recovery Village, https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/alcohol-abuse/related-topics/alcohol-relapse-statistics/
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