Faces & Voices of Recovery: National Recovery Month Calendar

By John Winslow | August 17, 2020

The theme for 2020 National Recovery Month is Join the Voices for Recovery: Celebrating Connections. What is Recovery Month? Now in its 31st year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Each September,…

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Is YOUR Country Represented on September 30th? Do you have a recovering friend from a country not yet represented that might want to be invited to join us?

By John Winslow | July 31, 2020

With two months to go before the historic inaugural launch of International Recovery Day we currently have 6 of the 7 continents and 22 countries represented. Is YOUR country’s flag represented? Many of us have a broad reach across geographical boundaries through our social media networks. Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and other platforms enable many folks…

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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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