One Person Did Make A Diffrence In Plano

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Often times people feel trying to help fight alcohol addiction, support alcohol relapse prevention or work with alcohol rehab centers is too overwhelming. "What can one person do against an epidemic that affects the whole nation?" It's a fair question but the answer should be clear -- anything you can. Doing something is better than doing nothing. Ask Officer Richard Glenn of the Plano Police Department. A few years ago Officer Glenn noticed that he continued to get calls about minors having alcohol or drinking and would soon discover that these minors seemed to have little to no problem buying alcohol in the city of Plano. He decided to do something about it. Deciding  to get help for your alcohol addiction is not always an easy decision. Ideally with the support of friends and family you can make that decision and get the help you need through alcohol relapse prevention or an alcohol rehab center. You could also decide that Mark Houston Recovery can help. We support your decision to make a difference in you life. It's a hard one to make but once you've taken that step, we can help you begin the walk to recovery from alcohol addiction.

One Person Can Make A Difference

What Glenn discovered was that the problem wasn't just with the underage drinkers. It was also with store clerks who facilitated their underage drinking by allowing them to purchase the alcohol. The negative affects of this reckless act essentially is the type of thing that can seriously damage a community like Plano. Anything from public disturbance to alcohol-related traffic incidents took up the time of local law enforcement when if the minors hadn't been sold the alcohol, this incidents would substantially be reduced. So Glenn came up with a plan -- to reduce stores in the town that were committing this offense. Mark Houston recovery can make a difference in your life no matter how you got there. Making the effort to get the help is just the beginning. We can be here to see it through to the end -- the end of your alcohol addiction.

A Plan Of Action That Worked

Glenn came up with a plan that basically collected info about which stores were the culprits in this crime in addition to a concentrated effort of educating minors on the dangers of drinking.  Fighting fire with fire he used minors in well -monitored scenarios to go in and purchase alcohol at some of these establishments and was able to penalize them. On the education side he was able to find out what the common reasons were for these stores selling the alcohol to minors and then used that information to educate the community.  A two part plan that produced positive results and reduced the amount of stores selling alcohol to minors and thanks to his efforts in collecting data, he was able to learn what some of the reasons were for this happening. Getting to the root of the problem and taking action has made a difference. Taking action against your alcohol addiction is a big move. Mark Houston Recovery can help you make that move.

About Plano

As one of the fastest growing cities in Texas, Plano is just 20 miles north of downtown Dallas. The town's name has an interesting back-story. One of the founders, Dr. Henry Dye, originally wanted to call the town Fillmore in honor of the president, Millard Fillmore. Another name bandied about was Foreman, after founder William Foreman. Finally Dr. Dye suggested the name of Plano which he thought was the Spanish version of "plain." In reality, plain in Spanish is llano. However the name came about no one expected that most of the town would be destroyed by fire. Many of the homes of the pioneering families were rebuilt and still exist downtown today. This spirit of survival is one of the defining characteristics of what makes this town more than what Dr. Dye thought was simply "plain."