How many addicts actually seek treatment?
About 96% of addicts and alcoholics die from their disease. Such deaths may be direct results of chemical dependency, such as liver failure, heart disease, auto accidents while driving under the influence. They may also be indirect results, such as falling off the roof while cleaning the gutters, which looked like a 6 beer job. Or suicide following yet another failed attempt at controlled drinking. Another 1 % develop psychosis or some other permanently debilitating mental disorder. Only about 3% enter recovery, and that is the tragedy. This is a 96% fatal disease that, although not curable, is treatable to a success rate that can reach 80-90%, yet only about 3% of its victims obtain such treatment. That points out one of the major roles of Concerned Colorado Dentists (CCD); to reach across that enormous gap to the 96% who are dying from their untreated disease.
