| With the national unemployment rate at 10.2 percent | | | | increased divorce rates, foreclosures, eviction rates, |
| and the continued shedding of jobs the overall | | | | marital problems, drug addiction, alcohol abuse and a |
| unemployment rate is the highest rate since April 1983. | | | | host of others issues that often require the help of |
| In spite of the Federal government's actions to help | | | | professionals. In the vacuum of benefits and shortage |
| unemployed workers, namely the extension of | | | | of affordable self-pay options, one affordable drug |
| unemployment benefits and reduction of COBRA | | | | rehab program in Connecticut - Mountainside |
| contributions, the health-insurance and unemployment | | | | Treatment Center, has seen a growing spike in |
| benefits for approximately 50,000 people expire each | | | | demand for its services and is helping hundreds of |
| week. These growing phenomena combined with a | | | | clients this year from all of over the US. |
| tight labor market have caused a rise in alcoholic | | | | The state unemployment rates for New Jersey and |
| drinking and drug use as evidenced by the increase of | | | | New York have been forecast to stay around 9.2 |
| admissions at hospital detoxes and drug rehab | | | | percent and 8.2 percent respectively throughout 2010. |
| programs in the New York, and New Jersey areas. | | | | While the overall decline of national non-farm payrolls |
| As the people that are engaged in alcoholic drinking | | | | on a month over month basis has slowed from 219 |
| and drug use hit "bottom", many are seeking addiction | | | | thousand in September to 190 thousand in October, |
| recovery services without insurance and often little to | | | | many economists have noted that these numbers will |
| no resources. | | | | be more than likely be upwardly revised in the coming |
| The added stressors that an economic depression | | | | months. |
| brings to individuals and families often result in | | | | |