Addiction Action House Party

Gridley GUARDIAN’S is hosting a house party to view and explore the issues raised in HBO’s new documentary, Addiction Action.   The program will discuss obstacles to long-term recovery and barriers individuals face getting insurance coverage for treatment and recovery. 

The  “house party” is part of a national event, with hundreds of cities across the county participating in similar forums.  Community advocates, parents, political leaders and concerned individuals are coming together where they will discuss solutions and how to implement them so that addiction and long-term recovery moves to the forefront in the Biggs/Gridley community. 

Millions of Americans are in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, yet one in four Americans still has a family member who is struggling with addiction.  Of these 22 million people who still need help, only nine percent are receiving the help they need to recover and get their lives back on track.  We need to come together in our community to understand addiction and take action so that more of our friends and neighbors can get the help thy need. 

In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), HBO’s ADDICTION project is an unprecedented multi-media campaign aimed at helping Americans understands addiction as a treatable brain disease, as well as highlighting effective new treatments. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Parents, business owners, elected officials, family members of people still struggling with addiction, people in long-term recovery from addiction, teachers and law-enforcement.  To find out more, visit WWW.AddictionAction.org

WHEN: May 7, 2007 6:00 PM

WHERE: Gridley Guardian Building, 200 Spruce Street

For questions about this event, please contact Clarissa Pfister at 846-1039

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