A Million Little Pieces – Science of Alcoholism and
Addiction is Greater than Fiction

Source Ames K Sweet NCADD NEW YORK, NY --
In the wake of publicity surrounding James Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces, the Medical/Scientific Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) would like to reaffirm that alcoholism and drug addiction are diseases -- primary, chronic, yet treatable diseases from which people can and do recover. Regrettably, Mr. Frey's book has presented some serious misconceptions about the science of alcoholism and addiction and has minimized the unequivocal progress that has been made in the past decade in understanding and treating these diseases. Mr. Frey's book is at best a novel lacking scientific basis.
For More Information Contact: Ames K. Sweet, Director of Communications, NCADD communications@ncadd.org

State parity laws are safe (for now.)

Thanks to an incredible response from NAADAC and hundreds of other associations, the Senate voted on Thursday to suspend all action on S. 1955. As a result, the provision of this bill that would have allowed small business owners to circumvent state parity requirements for mental health and addiction treatment will not become law. Those who did favor this bill are bound to try and pass another version, possibly in the next few months, possibly next year. When they do, NAADAC and the rest of the addiction treatment community will be ready to take on the issue again. Of course, the fight for parity on the national level continues to be one of our top priorities.