Drug addiction is obviously a bad thing.  Almost everyone knows about the physical, psychological, financial and social toll drugs can on an individual and his or her family.  Yet well over half of those who suffer with drug addiction do not get the treatment they so desperately need.  WHY IS THAT?

A recent survey performed by the producers and researchers of the hit HBO documentary series Addiction asked addicted individuals that very question.  What follows are the fascinating results.

Why People Don’t Seek Treatment

• 94.4% did not feel that they needed treatment
• 4.1% felt like they needed treatment and did make an effort to get it
• 1.4% felt like they needed treatment and did not make an effort to get it

Even more interesting are the responses from those individuals who did seek treatment, but did not receive it.  Among these individuals the reasons for not getting treatment were:

• 44.4% said cost/insurance barriers kept them from getting treatment
• 21.2% said they were not ready to stop using drugs
• 21.1% named other access barriers
• 18.5% said they were afraid of the negative stigma of drug addiction treatment
• 9.4% said they did not know where to go for treatment
• 3.8% said they did not have time for treatment
• 0.4% said they thought treatment would not help them

Help remove these barriers!  If you have a drug addiction problem, contact a professional addiction treatment faciity today.