April is Alcohol Awareness Month (it’s their 25th Anniversary!) and this is no April Fooling. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence has chosen a powerful but simple theme … “one too many.” They call it an “open ended” theme. I call it keeping it green.
One too many – drink and drive
One too many – can result in high risk behavior
One too many – people have died from alcoholism
One too many – families have been torn apart due to drinking
One too many – can increase your risk of cancer
One too many – victims of alcohol-related domestic violence, abuse, assault or homicides
One too many – one is too many, if you are pregnant
One too many – don’t understand that help is available
One too many – children are growing up in a family with alcoholism
One too many – active duty military personnel and veterans need help for alcoholism
One too many – deaths of young people due to alcohol overdose
One too many – people need treatment and do not have access
One too many – are in jail rather than in treatment
One too many – can cause accidents, falls and injury to self or others
One too many – children are born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
One too many – victims of alcohol-related falls, fire deaths or accidents
One too many – alcohol-related suicide deaths
One too many – don’t seek help for themselves, their family or a friend
One too many – workers miss work due to drinking
One too many – victims of drinking and driving crashes
One too many – still believes that recovery is not possible
One too many – have died from this treatable disease
