If YOU are experiencing:

alcoholism and alcohol abuse, illicit drug use

intimate partner violence, multiple sexual partners, and/or

sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention You should know about:

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study

http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/index.html

Of Over 17,000 Kaiser Permanente members who voluntarily participated in a study to find out about how stressful or traumatic experiences during childhood affect adult health, 63% of the people who participated in the study had experienced at least 1 category of childhood trauma and Over 20% experienced 3 or more categories of trauma

ACEs seem to account for one-half to two-thirds of the serious problems with drug use. 

Childhood Stress and Trauma:

• 28% experienced physical abuse.
• 27% grew up with someone in the household using alcohol and/or drugs
• 23% lost a parent due to separation or divorce.
• 21% experienced sexual abuse.
• 19% grew up with a mentally-ill person in the household.
• 15% experienced emotional neglect.
• 13% witnessed their mothers being treated violently.
• 11% experienced emotional abuse.
• 10% experienced physical neglect.
• 5% grew up with a household member in jail or prison.

Help is available. YOU are not alone.

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