Why have I chosen to run for Action on Addiction??

Did You Know?
1.1 million people in England and Wales are considered to be dependent on alcohol and 8.2 million people are said to have an 'alcohol use disorder'

According to recent research, cocaine addiction has tripled in the past 10 years; heroin addiction has quadrupled in the past 15

300,000 children have parents with serious drug problems and between 780,000 and 1.3 million children are affected by parental alcohol problems

71 per cent of GPs and practice nurses do not know how to treat dependent drinkers

More than one in 25 adults are dependent on alcohol

Alcohol is estimated to be responisble for 33,000 deaths in the UK each year

I lost my mother when she was 56 to alcoholism

Action on Addiction
Addiction is the biggest preventable killer in the UK. Action on Addiction take action to disarm addiction. They do this through research, treatment, family support, education and training.



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