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Drinking and Driving Fatalities
Anyone can tell you that drinking and driving do not mix, and that alcohol contributes to higher accident rates for drivers.
But exactly how destructive is this factor?
In just five months, according to the head of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) there were 5,700 traffic fatalities related to alcohol use, the same number of people that have been killed in US commercial jet airline accidents for the entire history of the NTSB’s keeping track of such accidents.
Taking a few drinks and then getting behind the wheel of a car is a recipe for disaster. Not only is the drinker’s reaction time made much slower and his ability to drive safely impaired, but so is his judgment. Thus, it makes it easy for him to think it is fine to drive when it really is not.
Some states have made laws and equipment that check the breath of a convicted DUI or DWI driver before his car will start. Others encourage designated drivers be selected before anyone goes into a bar to drink. But, these measures have as yet been ineffective in eliminating tens of thousands of alcohol-related traffic deaths which could otherwise be avoided.
In 2009, there were an estimated 30,797 total people who died in motor vehicle accidents, and while there were a lower percentage of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities, those still represented 32% of all driving fatalities. In other words, a third of all accidents which resulted in a death were attributable to a driver who had been drinking.
Somehow, we have to get a handle on the decision that a person makes to take a drink and then get behind the wheel. When one is an alcoholic, or even just enjoys drinking frequently, one may not be able to make such a wise decision. Alcohol abuse also increases around holiday times, and since so many people drink heavily at these times, the abuse can easily be overlooked.
A Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center can help the alcohol turn his or her life around, and literally make the difference between life and death for anyone who is addicted.
When the person decides to kick his addiction, he should get a program that is effective and produces results for the majority of those who enroll. In fact, the Narconon drug and alcohol rehab centers, located on six different continents of the world, and all over the United States offer a program which produces drug-free lives in more than 70% of its graduates. These Narconon program completions have been followed up and found to remain sober and drug free at least two years after graduation.
There are Narconon centers in Taiwan, Russia, Italy, Australia, Mexico, South America and North America. Each offers truly lasting recovery through a holistic, drugless, comprehensive, long-term, inpatient rehab program.
One part of recovering from addiction is to reduce one’s cravings for the substance they had been addicted to. In the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, one gets help with this aspect of their physical recovery. With moderate exercise, some daily time spent in a dry-heat sauna, and ample nutritional supplements, one is setting up the perfect regimen for the body to rid itself of the accumulated toxins that are stored in the fatty tissues of the body.
When one has gotten rid of these toxins, not only are cravings much less or often gone altogether, but the person also recovers a fresh viewpoint on the world, and feels brighter, more optimistic and ready to go on to the next stage of the Narconon Rehab program.
This next phase involves training in life skills to ensure that the person understands the reasons he went down the road to alcohol or drug abuse in the first place. There are five more stages during this part of the program, all of which contribute to the person fully recovering his ability to make good decisions and to choose his associates wisely. He will only graduate the full Narconon program when he has formulated a plan that will ensure he can remain drug-free after leaving, and live his life without the crutch of drugs or alcohol, even when life presents its inevitable challenges.
Narconon represents a solution for anyone who truly wants to turn their addiction around, and live a productive life without the need for drugs or alcohol.
Call to find out all the details of the Narconon alcohol abuse recovery program today.
Resources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/sumwalt/rls110823.html
Traffic Safety Facts 2009: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811402.pdf
National Center for Statistics and Analysis U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/speeches/sumwalt/rls110823.html
Traffic Safety Facts 2009: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Should You Cover Up for a Co-Worker Who Drinks? Narconon Spokesperson says "No."
“It can be hard to see that you are doing a coworker who is drinking a favor by working with an employer to get the person help but that is the better choice,” 
advised Bobby Wiggins, Drug Education Director for Narconon International. Narconon is an international organization dedicated to eliminating addiction through drug and alcohol rehabilitation services and drug education. Employees should realize that everyone deserves a drug and alcohol-free workplace. It may be that the only way to achieve a substance abuse-free workplace is by helping addicted co-workers get help.
The employee who continues to abuse alcohol or drugs on the job continues also to have the chance to endanger their own life and the lives of others in the vicinity. Research indicates that between ten and twenty percent of workers who die on the job test positive for alcohol or other drugs. In fact, those industries that have the highest rate of drug use are the same ones that carry a high risk for occupational injuries. These industries include manufacturing, mining, construction and wholesale.
Additionally, an employee who fails to get a substance-abusing co-worker into a drug recovery program also contributes to a lower viability for the employer. Alcohol alone costs American businesses an estimated $134 billion in productivity losses each year, mostly due to absenteeism.
Smaller companies may offer an attraction to substance abusers because they are less likely to have a program in place to deal with the problem of addicted employees. But smaller companies also have fewer resources with which to deal with problems created by the substance abuse. One bad accident or claim against the company can wipe them out.
What can you do about it?
You can encourage your employer to work with addicted employees by getting them help rather than firing or punishing them.
If there is no Employee Assistance Program, you can talk to your employer or union about starting one so addicted staff have an established route on which to get help.
Refuse to loan the abusing employee money or lie or cover for them if they fail to complete projects or meet deadlines.
Your involvement in helping an addicted co-worker may be the turning point that person needs to finally reach out for help. Your reward will be seeing them return to a productive life again once they achieve sobriety.
People who have reached the point of endangering their jobs through their substance abuse often need the help of a treatment program to stay clean and sober. The Narconon drug and alcohol program has returned many sober workers to the workplace in its forty years of service. In programs around the world, seven out of ten graduates remain sober after they return to their homes and jobs.
For more information about Narconon, visit www.narconon.org
