Occupation library
Large treatment systems publish tracks for licensed professionals, veterans, and first responders. SAMHSA publishes rates by industry. This library covers both. We do not run those programs. We explain why the job makes a stay hard — then send you to the same inpatient guides.
The barrier is usually the board, the certificate, or the medical. State assistance programs exist so people do not wait until a complaint.
Self-treatment and the board. Physician Health Programs.
LicenseABA / Hazelden 2016: 20.6% problematic drinking. Lawyer Assistance Programs.
CertificateFAA HIMS is the return-to-fly pathway. Treatment has to match it.
RoleThe calendar and the reputation, not a special disease.
CertificateLower industry SUD than the trades. The classroom is the logistics.
Bush & Lipari, 2015, combined 2008–2012 NSDUH, full-time workers 18–64. Highest heavy alcohol: mining 17.5%, construction 16.5%. Highest illicit drug use and SUD: accommodations and food services (19.1% / 16.9%). Lowest band: educational services, health care, public administration.
CDC 2020: highest occupational overdose mortality.
HighHighest heavy-alcohol rate in the SAMHSA industry table.
HighHighest SUD rate in that same table. Nights, cash, and alcohol at arm’s reach.
SafetyCDL, DOT testing, and long nights. A stay is a license question.
Full listManufacturing, retail, finance, farming, utilities, and the rest — named, not invented.