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September Is Recovery
Month—Join Us!
Across the Nation,
thousands of people are observing Recovery
Month by hosting or attending events,
getting proclamations
issued in their community, or working with local media to air public
service announcements and raise awareness. They are also helping others find
treatment or help for substance use or mental disorders, and showing
support for those already in recovery.
Be sure to post
your recovery event now so others will attend your event.
Watch the September Road to Recovery
Program: Building
Communities of Recovery: How Community-Based Partnerships and Recovery
Support Organizations Make Recovery Work
The goal of recovery is
for individuals to lead successful, satisfying, and healthy lives integrated
in the community. This requires the availability of prevention, health care,
treatment, and recovery support services. Community-based organizations play
a vital role in addressing the diverse needs of people in recovery from
mental and/or substance use disorders. Partnerships and networks within
communities serve to leverage the particular contribution that individual
community-based organizations have to offer. Recovery support organizations,
those that focus on the recovery needs of individuals, are becoming an
increasingly important part of the solution. Housing, employment, education,
and socialization are all pieces of the puzzle that fit together to achieve
overall behavioral health objectives. This show will describe how communities
are organizing and networking to provide recovery support. The show also will
highlight efforts to change the culture of communities to accept and embrace
people in recovery.
Announcing the September Ask the Expert Cynthia
Moreno Tuohy, Executive Director, NAADAC, the Association for Addiction
Professionals
Cynthia Moreno Tuohy,
NCAC II, CCDC II, SAP, is the executive director of NAADAC, the Association
for Addiction Professionals. She previously served as the executive director
of the Danya Institute and the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer
Center. Ms. Moreno Tuohy has administered multicounty, publicly funded
alcohol/drug prevention, intervention, and treatment centers with services
ranging from prenatal care to serving the elderly.
Ms. Moreno Tuohy will
answer questions on the September Road
to Recovery program: Building Communities of Recovery:
How Community-Based Partnerships and Recovery Support Organizations Make
Recovery Work. Submit your questions by September 21. Answers
from Ms. Moreno Tuohy will be posted on the Recovery Month website
in mid-October. Contact information for questions will be kept confidential.
Submit Your Recovery
Month Proclamations!
Thank you for getting
your community to issue a Recovery Month
proclamation! Please submit your proclamation in electronic format (.jpg) or
via hard copy, to post to the Recovery
Month website. Show your community's support of people in
recovery by adding your proclamation to the many cities, towns, counties,
tribes, and states that issued proclamations.
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