NCADD Alcohol Awareness Month
For 28 years, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) has sponsored Alcohol Awareness Month. The purpose is to increase public awareness and understanding, reduce stigma and encourage local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues. This April, NCADD highlights the important public health issue of underage drinking, a problem with devastating individual, family and community consequences.
With this year’s theme, “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow,” the month of April will be filled with local, state, and national events aimed at educating people about the treatment and prevention of alcoholism.
Alcohol poses a huge danger to young people. This danger is apparent for both themselves and to society. Alcohol abuse is directly associated with traffic fatalities, violence, suicide, educational failure, alcohol overdose, unsafe sex and other problem behaviors. NCAPP states that, annually, over 6,500 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related accidents and thousands more are injured.
Reducing underage drinking is critical to securing a healthy future for America’s youth and requires a cooperative effort from parents, schools, community organizations, business leaders, government agencies, the entertainment industry, alcohol manufacturers/retailers and young people.
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Alcohol Free Weekend: April 4-6, 2014
An integral part of Alcohol Awareness Month is Alcohol-Free Weekend (April 4-6, 2014), which is designed to raise public awareness about the use of alcohol and how it may be affecting individuals, families, and the community. During this seventy-two-hour period, NCADD invites anyone and everyone to participate in three alcohol-free days. They also encourage that each individual use this time to contact local NCADD Affiliates and other alcoholism agencies to learn more about alcoholism and its early symptoms.
Join the 72-Hour Alcohol Free Weekend Challenge by visiting NCADD’s Facebook page and entering their sweepstakes for a chance to win a Free “Believe in Recovery” Wristband!