2011 Celebration Will Honor Professionals and Programs on September 20

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Donovan Kuehn
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Over 80,000 professionals will get a day to celebrate their accomplishments.

National Addiction Professionals' Day will be celebrated on September 20, 2011, announced Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, Executive Director of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. NAADAC is the largest organization for addiction-focused health care professionals and is committed to the professional development of individuals who treat and prevent addiction.

As a part of this year's celebration, two professionals and one program will be honored for their important work in the community.

National Addiction Professionals' Day is held in September as a part of Recovery Month, a time when people throughout the nation are celebrating their success in overcoming addiction. The day is meant to recognize the important work that tens of thousands of addiction counselors perform in addiction prevention, intervention and treatment. Without the important work of addiction services professionals, the goal of addiction recovery cannot be accomplished.

"We welcome everyone to join us on September 20th, or hold their own local event, to celebrate the powerful work that addiction services professionals do. As each life is recovered, that helps the whole family and eventually translates into the recovery of a community," said Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, NCAC II, CCDC III, SAP, Executive Director of NAADAC.

Recovery Month events are supported, in part, by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services.

For more details on the 2011 award winners, click here.

For more information on the Addiction Professionals Day call 1.800.548.0497, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.naadac.org.

For more information on Recovery Month, please visit www.recoverymonth.gov.

To read President Obama's Presidential proclamation, click here.