April is Alcohol Awareness Month. It is important that during this time of focus on the drug crisis and opioid epidemic in our country that we don't forget that alcohol is the most widely- used addictive substance in the United States today. Here are some numbers that tell the story: Statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2017 showed there were 70,237 deaths nationally due to all illicit and prescription drugs combined; however, it is estimated that 88,000 people die directly from alcohol-related causes each year (CDC, 2019)...
