On 16 Sep 2008 00:42:42 GMT, 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

let's just put it this way: betty ford and cindy mccain weren't living on
the streets when they were addicts. and if you throw in people habituated
to alcohol, well...

i knew a guy who had a heroin addiction while working at a bank. he would
take a 'maintenance' dose before work (and possibly at lunchtime), and
waited until evening to get high. they're out there.

your pal,
blake