Drug and Alcohol Abuse – A Symptom of Something Deeper
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22.8 million Americans need help for drug or alcohol abuse. Of those people only a small percent completed rehab successfully. Students took the same survey and of those students, 2.3 million ages 12-17 reported they needed help for drugs or alcohol. Only 8.2% actually got help from a rehab center. Whatever your choice of addiction is, they have one thing in common, low self esteem.
Tags: addictions, age, alcohol abuse, alcoholics, alternative-medicine, drugs and alcohol, low self esteem, seniors
