Did you know?

• That nine out of 10 of more than 22 million Americans who are12 or older are addicted to drugs and alcohol fail to get the treatment they need.

• That recent studies reveal that cure for alcohol addiction is successful fro 40 to70 percent of patients after six months, opiate treatment for 50 to 80 percent, and cocaine treatment is successful for 50 to 60 percent.

• That it is a series of additional data analyses and reviews of more than six hundred peer reviewed research articles the evidence of effective drug addiction treatments comes from.

• That relapse rates for asthma and hypertension are more than those for treatment of cocaine, opioids, and alcohol, and counterpart to those of diabetes, but compliance rates for treatment of asthma and hypertension are less than compliance rates for cocaine, opioids, and alcohol.

• That 69% of sufferers with addictions-related medical conditions who received health care as part of the addictions treatment program were abstinent six months after leaving treatment.

• That unlike many other persistent diseases, in 1999 a set of 13 overarching scientifically based principles that characterize and can insure effective treatment were published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

• That 64.3% of persons were studied reported being abstinent after treatment, and 51.4% were reported to be remained abstinent at follow up in a recent study conducted by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Memphis.

With such facts about addiction, resources from where complete and accurate information can be obtained about addiction were frantically needed for public to help them prevent and/or get rid of their addictions. We are proud of our part that we have played so far in this regard, and are willing to continue it.

You will find a great deal of addiction-related information here that will help you and your loved ones to prevent and eliminate your and their addictions.