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| August 23, 2019 |
September Is National Recovery Month!
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National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. The observance reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover.
NAADAC had a special role in founding Recovery Month in 1989 as "Treatment Works". The campaign was taken over by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in 1996 but NAADAC has stayed closely involved by contributing to Recovery Month events, promoting the campaign online, and sharing resources.
Each year, Recovery Month selects a new focus and theme to spread the message and share the successes of treatment and recovery. The 2019 Recovery Month theme, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Together We Are Stronger," emphasizes the need to share resources and build networks across the country that support recovery in all its forms. The observance will work to highlight inspiring stories to help people from all walks of life find the path to hope, health, and wellness. Learn more about this year’s and past year themes. |
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Download the Recovery Month Toolkit & Resources
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Each year, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) creates a Recovery Month toolkit to help individuals and organizations increase awareness of the power of recovery. The kit provides media outreach templates, tips for event planning and community outreach, audience-specific information and data on behavioral health conditions, and resources for prevention, treatment, and recovery support services.
Additional Recovery Month resources are available on the Recovery Month website. Resources includelogos, web banners, flyers, posters, television and radio public service announcements (some materials are available in English and Spanish), an event calendar to post and share your Recovery Month events or locate events in your community, the Road to Recovery Television and Radio Series, and social media outreach through Facebook, , and YouTube.
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