For 25 years, SAMHSA has lead us in the growing celebration of Recovery Month. Recovery Month promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible and also encourages taking action to help expand and improve the availability of effective recovery services for those in need. This message has now reached around the world, with recovery celebrations taking place in many countries including Canada, England, Ireland, Indonesia, Japan, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, as well as all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
For those in the dark despair of addiction, thinking they are alone, they are not. This is a worldwide pubic health issue. But there is hope; recovery is real.
"Recovery Month offers help and hope not only for individuals receiving substance use and/or mental health recovery services but also for families, loved ones, friends, and communities," said Ivette A. Torres, M.Ed., M.Sc., Director of Consumer Affairs in SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, who will be speaking to us at PRO-ACT Recovery Walks! 2014 on September 20 in Penn's Landing.
This year's Recovery Month theme, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Speak Up, Reach Out," encourages all of us to openly discuss mental and substance use disorders and the reality of recovery. It aims to spread the message that behavioral health is essential to overall health; educate Americans about how people in recovery can achieve healthy lifestyles; guide the community in providing support and encouragement; and celebrate people in long-term recovery.
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