Since 1944, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence has been a leader in the effort to raise public awareness about alcoholism.

As the oldest advocacy organization in the country addressing alcoholism and drug dependence, NCADD works at the national level on policy issues related to barriers in education, prevention and treatment for alcoholics and drug dependent persons and their families.

NCADD of Northwest Florida is uniquely positioned to deliver intervention, prevention, education, information, help and hope to our local communities.

Marty Mann (1905-1980) founded NCADD and dedicated her life to teaching the public that alcoholism is a preventable and treatable disease, not a moral failing. She articulated three fundamental organizational concepts that have informed the development of the modern alcoholism treatment movement:

1. Alcoholism is a disease,

and the alcoholic is a sick person;

2. The alcoholic can be helped

and is worth helping;

3. This is a public health problem

and a public responsibility.