Gateway Rehab to Host Breakfast with Legislators September 15
Annual breakfast celebrates 17^th annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in September

Pittsburgh – Gateway Rehab will hold the third annual “Breakfast with Legislators” on Friday, September 15, 2006, from 8-10 a.m. at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott, 777 Aten Road, Coraopolis.

The slate of speakers includes Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., Marc Cherna, director of the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, and Linda J. Williams, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

The breakfast will afford the opportunity for local citizens, treatment providers, and legislators to discuss alcohol and other drug dependency, a problem that has reached crisis proportions in our communities.  It will highlight the key role that state and local government officials have taken in reducing the stigma and denial surrounding addiction through legislation and programs that encourage recovering individuals to share their stories of recovery.

This marks the third year for the breakfast, celebrating September’s designation as the 17^th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.  State representative Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bucks County, and Peter Wambach, executive director of the Bipartisan Management Committee of the PA House of Representatives, were the guest speakers at the breakfast last September.

Advance reservations for the complimentary continental breakfast are required by September 8.  Call Gateway Rehab at 724-378-4461, ext. 1193.

A nationally recognized leader in drug and alcohol treatment, not-for-profit Gateway Rehab provides care for more than 10,000 adults and youth annually within a network of 20 locations in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.  Founded in 1972, Gateway has helped more than 80,000 individuals take the first steps toward recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs.