Things Many of Us in Recovery Wish We Had Known Earlier
- Alcohol Use Disorder is a common, recognized chronic disease; not a moral failing or character flaw.
- 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
- 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.
- People in recovery are all around us
- Famous people (New headlines appear regularly)
- Local people (Thousands of people in the Raleigh-Durham area are in recovery from AUD) 2
- People in recovery often rebound higher
- Often lead happier, more meaningful lives than the general population 3 ; even have lower overall healthcare costs than average. 4
- Further, recurrence rates of AUD decrease significantly with more time in recovery, making recovery “stick”. 5
- 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/
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/