People have to get rid of the stigma that surrounds them reaching out to others who are unable to reach out in need of treatment for recovery.
According to NCAAD.com, Alcohol Awareness Month was established to raise awareness among people to reach out to others for any alcohol-related issues including alcoholism and recovery. If anything, people can contract it quite easily, similar to some chronic and progressive diseases which develop rapidly when not treated properly with care and treatment.
What's in store for us?
Adolescents as young as teenagers consume high amounts of alcohol and plunge into addiction. Our parents just think of underage drinking as a " right of passage." That said, we are encouraged and free to do whatever we want as kids. Additionally, parents feel we will get "through this time" by taking an active role to gain more information about alcohol, so we learn about its effects ourselves.
Sometimes parents who talk to their children about the dangers of alcohol prevent their kids from overdosing from it. And then there are those who fail to learn about the consequences. After these situations, perhaps learning about the dangers of alcohol isn't actually "a rite of passage" after all.
As parents foster "changing attitudes," they hope to reinforce the idea to their children that drinking isn't an important factor to "fit in" to society.
Do you want to participate in raising public awareness of alcohol or reflect upon alcohol-free days to let others know about NAACD and identify alcoholism and its symptoms? I would suggest giving it a go and learning more about the dangers of drinking before continuing to ignore the entire idea.