The Road to Recovery Update keeps you informed about activities leading up to
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) in September. Feel free to
forward this information to friends and colleagues, include it in newsletters or listservs, or
link to it from your Web site.
Congratulations to everyone who coordinated and/or participated in a
Recovery Month event this September! We want to capture all of the events around the country so please click
here to submit your pictures and videos. Be sure to add any comments from your event and send photos and any samples of materials. You can continue to post your events throughout the year.
To tag Recovery Month PSAs for local use, please complete the following steps:
- Click here to order Recovery Month PSAs.
- Follow the ordering instructions listed at the top of the page and request "Open-ended PSAs in Beta SP format."
- Once you receive your order, bring the PSAs to a local production company with a high-resolution logo for your organization and your phone number.
September may be over, but recovery is a year long event to promote and celebrate!
Just a few weeks ago, The "Stories of Recovery" video was shown during
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) White House Compassion in Action Roundtable, "Expanding the Substance Abuse Treatment Paradigm: Faith-Based and Community Partnerships Toward Recovery Support." The Roundtable was held on September 20, 2007 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. View
streaming video of "Stories of Recovery" (5 min)
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, celebrating 18 years of observance in 2007, is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). For more information about
Recovery Month, visit
www.recoverymonth.gov.
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