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Interesting Facts and Statistics:
Codependency is described as a pattern of habitual self-defeating coping mechanisms. Codependency occurs as the result of living in a house with someone who suffers from alcoholism or drug addiction.
Approximately 97.3% of the federal offenders sentenced for heroin related charges in 2008 involved trafficking and 0.8% of cases involved simple possession.
Rates of current alcohol use were 62.0 percent for full-time employed adults aged 18 or older in 2006, higher than the rate for unemployed adults (52.1 percent). However, the pattern was different for binge and heavy alcohol use. Rates of binge and heavy use for unemployed persons were 34.2 and 12.2 percent, respectively, while these rates were 29.7 and 8.9 percent for full-time employed persons.
Substance abuse can affect individuals from all different walks of life and anyone can succumb to a drug or alcohol addiction. It does not make a difference how rich or how poor the individual is or even if they have a wonderful family life.
Many drug rehab programs across the United States have already begun to treat patients for addictions to Bath Salts; many of these individuals that are being treated have spoken of the terrible reactions they had to using them.
Drug addiction results in painful and uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms when the drug use is abruptly discontinued. The discomfort that is associated with these symptoms frequently provides drug users with another reason to continue their destructive drug behavior.
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