Purple ~ symbolizing the addiction recovery movement

By John Winslow | July 27, 2020

The United States’ National Recovery Month was founded in 1989. Purple was selected as our recovery movement’s official color: Subsequently, International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), was established in 2001 to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related death. Today, the color purple has expanded its reach to include the addiction recovery…

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Kari’s Story

By John Winslow | July 25, 2020 |

My name is Kari and I am a person in long term recovery from addiction. What that means to me is that I have not felt a need to use mood altering substances since May 3, 1998. I took my first drink of alcohol at age 7 and experimented with THC for the first time…

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