throughout all this year both nacoa and the entertainment industry council have been celebrating 25 years of passionate dedication to bringing effective attention to the pain, sadness, and enormous losses suffered by addicted persons and their family members. we also have been celebrating at the same time the hope and the healing that we and the many of our colleague organizations in the prevention, treatment, and recovery support field represented here today, bring to so many hurting individuals and their family members. by collaboration that takes place within the recovery community our joint planning and our individual outreach to the public is amplified. this is a media-oriented voice that we have and we are making it be heard and we must continue to make it be heard to further inspire the seeking of treatment and the commitment to recovery. we're also here to acknowledge the persistence in dedication for encouraging people to seek treatment and to get onto the path of recovery. we're here to make news today on behalf of the 22.6 million people in the u.s. who suffer from substance us