Narconon Arrowhead Representatives Announce Alcohol Treatment Can Also Help To Curtail Domestic Violence

Successful chemical dependency rehabilitation at Narconon Arrowhead is translating into reduced criminality for some.

Canadian, OK (PRWEB) November 20, 2007 -- Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country's leading alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities, was very pleased to announce that their treatment for alcohol and drug dependency is also helping out on the homefront for some of its clients.

It's one of our greatest tragedies: men and women who anticipated a loving relationship instead find themselves experiencing violence at the hands of their loved one. In the U.S., approximately 11 percent - or more than 64,000 - of all homicides between 1976 and 2002 were committed by an intimate partner. Nearly one third of female murder victims are killed by their significant other and that proportion is increasing.

Intimate partner, violence, and alcohol

Overwhelmingly, victims of domestic abuse are female, although 5 to 15 percent of victims are men.

In the report "Intimate partner, violence, and alcohol," the World Health Organization (WHO) states that alcohol consumption, especially at harmful and hazardous levels, is a major contributor to the occurrence of intimate partner violence and that violence is more severe and more likely to result in physical injury when the perpetrator has consumed alcohol.

The WHO report also stated that 55 percent of American women who had been assaulted by a partner believed their partners to have been drinking before the attack. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Addiction and Alcoholism, an overview of other studies showed that men were drinking when the violence occurred in about 45 percent of cases, and that when women were the perpetrators, about 20 percent were drinking.

This relationship between alcohol and abuse or violence means that successful rehabilitation of those addicted to alcohol can go a long way to reducing the trauma and loss of domestic violence.

"There is an obvious correlation between substance abuse issues and domestic violence," stated Ryan Thorpe, Director of Admissions at Narconon Arrowhead. "That is why we are reinforcing the critical portions of our program that teach improved communication and the life skills that enable a person to live without conflicts and violence. Our success rate of over 70 percent means that not only are many more people able to enjoy lives substance-free, but they also can live successfully and without conflict and domestic violence."

For information on Narconon's successful alcohol and drug rehabilitation and educational program and materials, contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or visit their website at www.stopaddiction.com. The Narconon program was founded in 1966 by William Benitez in Arizona State prison, and is based on the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard. In more than 120 centers around the world, Narconon programs restore drug and alcohol abusers and addicts to a clean and sober lifestyle.

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