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Addiction 101 — The Numbers |
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In the United States, about 23 million adults (1 in 8) suffer from substance abuse.
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Each year more than 12,000 Americans die of alcohol and drug-related causes.
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Approximately 18 million adults (1 in every 10) are alcoholics or abusers of alcohol.
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53% of men and women in the United States state that one or more of gheir close relatives have a drinking problem.
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Almost half of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related.
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Each alcoholic impacts at least seven other lives.
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Drugs and alcohol cost taxpayers more than $276 billion annually in preventable health care cost, motor vehicle accidents, crime, extra law enforcement & lost productivity.
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Every $1 invested in addiction treatment programs results in more than $7 in social savings due to reduced crime and health care costs.
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Treatment reduces criminal activity by 72%.
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One in four of our children are exposed to alcoholism or alcohol abuse in their families before the age of 18.
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Recovery 101 — The Numbers |
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76% of men who completed six months or more at Beacon House in 1999 remain clean and sober today.
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18 months average length of stay in Beacon House Program.
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100% of our graduates hold living wage jobs prior to leaving Beacon House.
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3,500 alumni of the Beacon House program.
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30,000 hours of volunteer work logged by our residents in 2001.
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$8,500 the cost to keep a man in the Beacon House Program.
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25,600 the cost to house an imnmate in the California prison system for a year.
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15 average age that Beacon House residents first began using alcohol or drugs; 41 average age of residents today.
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100% of men coming to Beacon House are unemployed; 98% are homeless.
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36% of Beacon House residents did not graduate high school.
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The Beacon House Association of San Pedro
1003 S. Beacon Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Voice: 310-514-4940
Fax: 310-831-0070
E-mail: info@beaconhouseassociation.com
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