(Published April 4, 2019)

Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow

April is Alcohol Awareness Month and the Iowa Department of Public Health wants to remind you there is “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow”. Click on the links below to gather prevention resources, learn how alcohol impacts Iowans, and find local prevention and treatment professionals near you. 

Founded and sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (now Facing Addiction with NCADD), Alcohol Awareness Month was established in 1987 to help reduce the stigma so often associated with alcohol addiction by encouraging communities to reach out to the American public each April with information about alcohol, alcohol addiction, and recovery. Alcohol addiction is a chronic, progressive disease, genetically predisposed and fatal if untreated. However, people can and do recover. In fact, it is estimated that as many as 20 million individuals and family members are living lives in recovery from alcohol use!

Resources:

• A Day in the Life of Older Adults: Substance Use Facts (SAMHSA)
• Alcohol Brochures and Fact Sheets (NIAAA)
• Alcohol Overdose (or Alcohol Poisoning) Facts 
• Alcohol Use and Older Adults (NIAAA)
• Binge Drinking in Iowa
• Excessive Drinking Facts (CDC)
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (CDC)
• Parenting to Prevent Childhood Alcohol Use (NIAAA)
• Parents - Talk With Your High School Grads About Celebrating Safely (NIAAA)
• Underage Drinking Facts (CDC)

Iowa Department of Public Health Campaign

• What Do You Throw Away?  Click the link to find out more about this underage drinking campaign.