April Is Alcohol Awareness Month. We're Starting With a Conversation.
Prevention doesn't start with a pamphlet. It starts with honesty — and honesty needs a safe place to land.
This April, the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Health Department is hosting two Alcohol Awareness Events as part of National Alcohol Awareness Month. These aren't clinical interventions. They're invitations. A chance to sit with your community, share a meal, and talk openly about something that touches nearly every family in Indian Country.
When:April 9, 2026 at 1:00 PMApril 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Where:67 NW Maple Street, Tuba City, Arizona
What to expect:
Participants will complete a Brief Alcohol Symptom Checklist — a short, confidential tool — and receive an incentive for participating. Beyond that, each session covers emotional well-being, techniques for building healthy habits, and strategies to improve focus and calm. This is practical, grounded content. Not scare tactics.
A light cultural lunch will be available starting at 12:00 PM, so come early, eat with your neighbors, and ease into the conversation.
Why this matters:
Alcohol awareness programming works best when it meets people where they are — not in a clinic waiting room, but at a table with food prepared by their own community. The Alcohol & Substance Abuse Program under the SJSP Health Department understands that. Prevention is relational. It always has been.
You don't have to be in crisis to show up. You don't have to have a problem. You just have to care enough to be part of the conversation — for yourself, for your family, for the person sitting next to you who might not have come alone.
For more information, contact Virginia Arizona-Fat, LIAC, Behavioral Health Coordinator:(928) 846-4870 (office) or (928) 660-2559 (cell)www.sanjuanpaiute-nsn.gov
Hosted by the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe Health Department, Alcohol & Substance Abuse Program.
