| REACH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM |
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By
breaking down barriers to treatment and subsidizing short-term
sober living arrangements for REACH scholarship recipients,
addicts find the support they need to recover. In addition
to sobriety, REACH scholarship recipients get back something
else - dignity, confidence, and balance. It's definitely
possible. Just ask those who have made it through the
process.
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| REACH FOR SUPPORT
FROM ADDICTION |
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Commitment to recovery
by the addict |
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Support from loved
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Help and guidance
from REACH |
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The
commitment from loved ones has real power for an addict
or alcoholic. Research shows that family members, friends,
and coworkers can successfully draw a loved one into treatment
all the way through recovery.
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| ABOUT ADDICTIONS |
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After
years of conditioning that addiction should be handled
by the courts and overcrowded prison systems, the
world is just beginning to view addiction as a disease.
It is true that illegal behavior is a common effect
of addiction.
New research shows addiction
to be a terrible, progressive, and recurring brain
disease - a disease on the same level as cancer,
diabetes, or Parkinson's disease. It would be unimaginable
to treat any of these diseases through social isolation
and incarceration.
The concept behind REACH
is to get the addict into the proper medical treatment
facility early before the disease progression accelerates. |
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It's true, addiction to alcohol and drugs requires
family and friends to step in and get treatment.
With the help of family and friends, a recovering
addict can find a satisfying job, begin associating
with abstinent friends, join organized networks
of others who are in the process of recovery, and
develop a sense of meaning in their lives. |
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If drugs and/or alcohol
have taken over the life of someone you love, REACH
can help. Considered one of the most serious, yet
unheralded, health and social crises facing us today
is substance abuse: namely alcoholism and drug addiction.
Left untreated, substance abuse is a progressive
disease that eventually can be fatal. |
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has a ripple effect that is far-reaching. Consider
the consequences of addiction: |
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An individual's
physical, mental, and financial health is
destroyed. |
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The individual's
family, friends, and co-workers and employers
are deeply impacted on an emotional, financial,
and psychological level. The addict's children
are particularly damaged and run a higher
rate of risk of addiction. |
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Costs of addiction
put strains on the health care and law enforcement
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Employers are
impacted by theft and loss of productivity. |
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The overall
costs of substance abuse to society are estimated
to be over $500 billion annually. |
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Research
shows that the estimated percentage of addicts in
the U.S. population today is approximately 10%.
Other studies show that addiction is a disease that
impacts 1 in 4 families. What's more, addiction
affects all ages, and all levels of education and
backgrounds.
Virtually everybody knows
someone who has been affected by the negative impact
of substance abuse. He or she may be a member of
your immediate family, extended family, a friend,
a neighbor, a customer, an employee, business associate,
a student, an educator, your clergyman, your doctor,
the pilot flying the plane you are traveling in,
or an elected official. Addiction affects all walks
of life. |
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