From Pastime to Problem: featuring RCA at St. Charles CEO Karen Wolownik Albert

Authored by Dillon McClernon

“What’s different during the pandemic is people in their 40s or 50s entering treatment who are experiencing this struggle for the first time—perhaps brought on by financial hardship or grief or anxiety associated with the pandemic,” explains Albert, CEO of the facility that opened in September 2020. “Maybe someone who used to have a drink in the evening or a glass of wine with dinner has suddenly found themselves at home and isolated and under increased stress and now they’re drinking throughout the day. So the pandemic has triggered an increase in problematic alcohol use
for some people.”

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Authored by

Dillon McClernon

Dillon currently serves as the Senior Director of Sales and Marketing at RCA. After his tenure as Chief Communications Officer and senior advisor to RCA, he opted for a full-time position at RCA where he could build a new team linking sales and marketing to directly impact RCA’s mission of saving 1 million lives.