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.
As we reflect on the year gone by, we are reminded of the tremendous effort put forth by organizations and individuals coast to coast during
Recovery Month 2007 to celebrate people in recovery and those who serve them. Congratulations once again to everyone who coordinated and/or participated in a
Recovery Month event this September!
Recovery Month 2007 would not have been a success without you.
Don't forget to
submit your pictures and videos so we can capture all of the
Recovery Month events from around the country. 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.
Thanks to your hard work this year, 130 proclamations declaring September as
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) were signed by local government officials nationwide. These proclamations are posted to the
Recovery Month Web site to draw attention to your
Recovery Month events and acknowledge your efforts. If your local official signed a proclamation, we encourage you to submit it. There's still time!
Please mail the signed original or a copy of the signed proclamation to:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Office of the Director, Consumer Affairs
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 2-1062
Rockville, MD 20857
You can also email a copy of the signed proclamation in a high-resolution jpeg file to
recoverymonth@iqsolutions.com. We will scan and post it for you. Please note that you will not receive the proclamation back. Thank you for your support.
Across the country, people in recovery are celebrating their successes and sharing them with others in an effort to educate the public about treatment, how it works, for whom, and why. Through
Voices for Recovery on the
Recovery Month Web site, people can read these inspirational stories as well as post their own stories of recovery.
We encourage you to take a moment to visit
Voices for Recovery and share your recovery story. Simply click
Share Stories to post your story along with your contact information if you choose to provide it. If you prefer to remain anonymous, only provide your State and your story.
After you've entered your information, you will be prompted to download the
Hold Harmless Form. This needs to be downloaded, filled out, and faxed back before your story can be posted. If you've already submitted your story to the
Recovery Month Web site but have not yet faxed back the
Hold Harmless Form, please do so. Your story cannot be posted until the
Hold Harmless Form is completed and returned.
Please share your story and help us spread the word to get people nationwide to submit their personal stories. Help others see that recovery is possible.
This year's
Road to Recovery multimedia series may have wrapped up, but recovery from drug and alcohol abuse is a yearlong effort. The 2007
Road to Recovery Webcasts are a valuable tool to learn more about all facets of drug and alcohol abuse—from treatment resources to addiction in the workplace to services provided by justice systems.
You can still view all 10 of the 2007 Webcasts on the
Recovery Month Web site. Simply select the Webcast you want to view from the
main menu, and then select either the "One minute Trailer" or "Complete Webcast." The Webcasts are very user-friendly and widely accessible through a variety of browsers. We stream the multimedia files from our servers using the Microsoft format. In order to view the Webcasts, you must have Microsoft Media Player installed on your computer.
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.
