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One Day at a Time (ODAT), a non-profit [501(c) 3] Arkansas company, was founded in Little Rock in 2004 by David Palmer, an experienced publisher and business executive. He launched the operation that year with a free quarterly tabloid publication with a local distribution of 40,000+ and an additional distribution of 10,000+ to Arkansas prison inmates.
We added a web site in 2005 and gave it a new name, Onedayatatime.com, and a facelift in 2009.
Our mission is to reduce the use of illegal drugs and alcohol by promoting local awareness of substance abuse, emphasizing the benefits of recovery, and by seeking collaborations and offering incentives to those who share our common interest.
It is a mission well-worth pursuing.
“If we can’t calculate the human misery and repair the broken hearts,” Joseph A. Califano Jr. wrote in his book High Society, “we can put dollar signs on some costs of substance abuse and addiction. In 2006, the financial bill was moving toward $1 trillion.”
Our approach is community-based and currently focused on Little Rock. We will expand to other communities using the Little Rock model when we have met our goals and as our resources permit.
There is widespread support for ODAT especially among those, many of them community leaders, who are active in recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and related 12-Step programs along with church based programs like Celebrate Recovery. We also have ties with treatment centers, state government offices, drug courts and the prison system.
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