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My name is Vivian Gale and I am a Drug and Alcohol Counselor with 21 years clean. I use self composed songs as a therapeutic tool to help drug addicts and alcoholics overcome their addiction.
My music is for the addict and alcoholic that is still sick and suffering, for 12 Step Recovery Groups and Addiction Treatment Centers. It is for church or religious organizations and for family, friends and loved ones of the addict/alcoholic.
I was a single parent raising four children alone when I went into treatment for addiction and 6 months pregnant. My early years were marred with, foster care, abandonment, incest and rape. These issues were the strongholds of my addiction. I've been there.
Drug addiction remains a constant problem in our society and in our world. Below are some recent statistics.
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--The death rate for drug overdose has more than doubled from 1999 through 2013.8
--In 2013, 35,663 (81.1%) of the 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States were unintentional, 5,432 (12.4%) were of suicidal intent, and 2,801 (0.06%) were of undetermined intent.
--In 2014 Drug induceded death total was 46,471 this includes street drugs as well as phamaceutical drugs in the United States.
--In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users. This represents 9.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older (Table 1). Marijuana was the most commonly used illicit drug, with 19.8 million current users aged 12 or older (7.5 percent).
--There were 6.5 million nonmedical users of prescription-type drugs (2.5 percent), including 4.5 million nonmedical users of prescription pain relievers (1.7 percent). There were 1.5 million current cocaine users aged 12 or older, or 0.6 percent of the population. An estimated 1.3 million individuals aged 12 or older in 2013 (0.5 percent) used hallucinogens in the past month.
--An estimated 496,000 individuals aged 12 or older were current inhalant users, which represents 0.2 percent of the population. There were about 289,000 current heroin users aged 12 or older, or 0.1 percent of the population." - See more at: drugwarfacts.org
This song was written as I agonized with my addiction and being pregnant while using street drugs.
Celebrate Life is the name of the first Addiction Recovery Song I wrote.
My name is Vivian Gale and I am a Drug and Alcohol Counselor with 21 years clean. I use self composed songs as a therapeutic tool to help drug addicts and alcoholics overcome their addiction.
My music is for the addict and alcoholic that is still sick and suffering, for 12 Step Recovery Groups and Addiction Treatment Centers. It is for church or religious organizations and for family, friends and loved ones of the addict/alcoholic.
I was a single parent raising four children alone when I went into treatment for addiction and 6 months pregnant. My early years were marred with, foster care, abandonment, incest and rape. These issues were the strongholds of my addiction. I've been there.
Drug addiction remains a constant problem in our society and in our world. Below are some recent statistics.
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--The death rate for drug overdose has more than doubled from 1999 through 2013.8
--In 2013, 35,663 (81.1%) of the 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the United States were unintentional, 5,432 (12.4%) were of suicidal intent, and 2,801 (0.06%) were of undetermined intent.
--In 2014 Drug induceded death total was 46,471 this includes street drugs as well as phamaceutical drugs in the United States.
--In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older were current (past month) illicit drug users. This represents 9.4 percent of the population aged 12 or older (Table 1). Marijuana was the most commonly used illicit drug, with 19.8 million current users aged 12 or older (7.5 percent).
--There were 6.5 million nonmedical users of prescription-type drugs (2.5 percent), including 4.5 million nonmedical users of prescription pain relievers (1.7 percent). There were 1.5 million current cocaine users aged 12 or older, or 0.6 percent of the population. An estimated 1.3 million individuals aged 12 or older in 2013 (0.5 percent) used hallucinogens in the past month.
--An estimated 496,000 individuals aged 12 or older were current inhalant users, which represents 0.2 percent of the population. There were about 289,000 current heroin users aged 12 or older, or 0.1 percent of the population." - See more at: drugwarfacts.org
This song was written as I agonized with my addiction and being pregnant while using street drugs.
Celebrate Life is the name of the first Addiction Recovery Song I wrote.
Organizer
Vivian Gale
Organizer
Auburn, WA
