In article >,
"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:

> blake murphy >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
> >
> > Drug Rehab Need By Employment
> >
> > * Current employment status also correlated with addiction
> > treatment
> > need in 2000. An estimated 7.7 percent of unemployed adults aged 18 or
> > older needed addiction treatment for illicit drugs, while only 1.6
> > percent of full-time employed adults needed addiction treatment for an
> > illicit drug problem.
> > * Most of the adult population needing addiction treatment for an
> > illicit drug problem in 2000 was employed. Of the estimated 3.6
> > million persons aged 18 or older who needed addiction treatment, 1.9
> > million were employed full time and 0.6 million were employed part
> > time. Thus, an estimated 70 percent of adults needing addiction
> > treatment were employed. An estimated 359,000 unemployed adults needed
> > addiction treatment.
> >
> > <http://www.drug-rehab-referral.org/d...treatment.html
>
> It has been my understanding that the vast majority of people addiction
> issues, be it alcohol, pharmaceuticals or both, are functioning addicts.
> Most are employed as you've pointed out above. I don't know where people
> get the stereotypical idea that an alcoholic/addict is a homeless person
> laying in the gutter clutching a bottle or a needle. That is simply not
> the truth. Sure, many, many homeless and unemployed people have
> addiction issues but the surest way to find one is most likely next door
> (so to speak).
>
> Michael

Seconded.
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