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Recovery Month Continuum
September is widely recognized as Recovery Month, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the journey of those who have overcome substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health challenges. During this…
Read MoreThe One Thing We Cannot Live Without
There are many ways to talk about what we do at Recovery Café and about who we are. Lately, I have been talking about it this way. We are 60…
Read MoreWe’re Just Getting Started
For as long as there’s been addiction, there’s been recovery. Addiction and the collateral damage left in its wake are more outwardly recognizable; it’s a condition. Recovery, on the other…
Read MoreUnity in Recovery
Celebrating Recovery and Unity September is a special month for those in the recovery community, as it signifies Recovery Month. This year, Faces & Voices of Recovery had the privilege…
Read MoreThe Roots of International Recovery Day
I am a Face & Voice of Recovery John Winslow, the founder of International Recovery Day and a strong advocate in the recovery community, is also a man in long-term…
Read More25 Years of the Modern Recovery Community Organization (RCO)
Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the First Recovery Community Services Program Grants As I began to reflect recently on the tremendous value of recovery community organizations, a close friend sent…
Read MoreFaces & Voices of Recovery Issues Urgent Call to Action
“Unlocking the Potential of Recovery Community Organizations and Peer Recovery Support Services is an important call to action on the future of addiction recovery in the United States”, says William…
Read MoreFaces & Voices of Recovery’s Statement on Final FY2022 Budget
March 22, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Biden signed the nation’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget into law Tuesday, March 15, 2022. This year’s budget received several increases in areas that…
Read MoreFaces & Voices of Recovery Supports Safe Supplies for Harm Reduction
Board President David Mineta and Chief Operating Officer Philip Rutherford have released the following statement: Communities across our country face the devastation posed by overdose deaths, now the leading cause…
Read MoreWhere the Overdose Epidemic & COVID Collide, Peer Coaches & Specialists Face ‘Perfect Storm’
“In the early days of the pandemic during lockdown, I lost three people in one month. With that happening and being in the recovery field, sometimes you wonder if you’ve…
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