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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Only two weeks to go
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Team Captains Are in High Gear--
So Which Team Is Ahead?
With only about two weeks left, Team Captains are busy in the race for the great prize being offered for the Team Captain whose team has collected the most in donations. You may remember our announcement of this fantastic prize:
The honor of throwing out the first pitch at the 2013 National Recovery Month Baseball Game!
A 2013 pre-game tour of Citizens Park for four (4) people
Four (4) complimentary field-level seats
Their picture on Phanavision
An electronic disc showing them throwing out the first pitch in September 2013
Team Nancy Elaine Kammeyer-Difrancesca currently has the most money raised so far with $450.00. Let's go Team Captains--you've still got two weeks! The winning total will include all donations made up to and including the day of the Walk. The names of the winning Team Captain and team will be announced from the stage that day.
And remember, all donations gathered for Recovery Walks make it possible for PRO-ACT to continue to provide recovery support services. Your donations will help us to offer hope and healing to those wishing to initiate, stabilize, and sustain long-term recovery from addiction.
PRO-ACT RECOVERY WALKS! 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012--Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE WALK!
And if you have 10+ years of recovery, please sign up for the Honor Guard
Currently, the Walk will be led by an Honor Guard with
1,426 collective years of recovery!
Recovery Day Rally - Sunday, September 30th
Sunday, September 30, 2012
12:00pm until 3:00pm in PDT
Mayor Gregor Robertson officially proclaims Sunday, September 30th Recovery Day.
People in recovery:
Please join us Sunday, Sept 30th at the Vancouver Art Gallery from noon - 3 pm to rally and show the "solution" to substance use disorders vs. the “problem".
Highlights:
Downtown March, Live Music, Recovery Countdown, Gratitude Shares, Speeches, Moment of Silence, Information Booths
BRING YOUR BEST RECOVERY SIGN OR BANNER
Prize for best looking sign
Description
Recovery (Day) 2012 is committed to mobilizing and organizing Canadians in recovery from alcohol and other substance use disorders, our families, friends and allies to change public perceptions of recovery, end discrimination and keep a focus on the fact that recovery works and is making life better for millions of people.
Supporting Links:
-USA Recovery Celebrations: http://www.recoverymonth.gov/
-Planned Documentary on Recovery Day celebrations: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/342545630/the-anonymous-people
Friday, September 7, 2012
Study Finds Elevated Death Rates Shortly After Hospitalization for Substance Abuse
By Join Together Staff | September 6, 2012 | 4 Comments | Filed in Addiction,Alcohol, Drugs, Mental Health, Research & Treatment
A new study finds elevated rates of suicides and overdose deaths in the month after people have been released from the hospital for substance abuse treatment. Researchers found death rates were substantially higher for those who had been out of the hospital for less than one month, compared with those who had been out for at least one year.
The study of almost 70,000 people who had been treated for some type of substance abuse found overdose deaths and suicides were most common during hospitalization, Reuters reports. Even after discharge, the death rates remained high, the article notes. In the first month, there were 21 drug-related deaths per 1,000 people each year, compared with 4.2 per 1,000 people a year or more later.
“Like prison-release, hospital discharge marks the start of a well-defined period of heightened vulnerability for drug-treatment clients,” Elizabeth Merrall of the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge wrote in the journal Addiction.
According to Dr. Patrick G. O’Connor of the Yale School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study, some drug users may start binging once they are released from the hospital, or may lose some of their drug tolerance in the hospital, which makes it easier to overdose.
Hospitalization may not be enough for some people struggling with substance abuse, he noted. They also may need jobs, housing and psychiatric care. “For drug users who leave the hospital, we need to be able to provide instantaneous and tight linkages for these patients to at least three services: primary care services, social services and drug treatment services,” he noted.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Survey Finds 17% of High School Students Abuse Substances During School Day
By Join Together Staff | September 5, 2012 | Leave a comment | Filed inAlcohol, Drugs, Marketing And Media, Parenting & Youth
A new survey finds an estimated 17 percent of American high school students say they drink, smoke or use drugs during the school day. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University found 86 percent of teens say they know which of their peers are abusing substances at school, CNN reports.
The findings come from an annual telephone survey of about 1,000 students ages 12 to 17. According to the survey, 60 percent of high school students say drugs are available on school grounds, and 44 percent know a classmate who sells drugs at school. Marijuana is the most commonly sold drug at school. Prescription drugs, cocaine and Ecstasy are also available.
Social media plays a role in peer pressure to use drugs and alcohol, the study found. Three-quarters of students said they are encouraged to use marijuana or alcohol when they see images of their peers doing so. The survey found 45 percent said they have seen photos online of their classmates drinking, using drugs or passing out, up 5 percent since last year.
For the first time in the history of the survey, a majority of private school students—54 percent—said their school was “drug-infected.” In 2011, that figure was 36 percent.
Teens are more likely to use drugs or alcohol if they have been left alone overnight, and are less likely to do so if they regularly attend religious services, the survey found.
“The take away from this survey for parents is to talk to their children and get engaged in their children’s lives,” Emily Feinstein, project director of the teen survey, said in a news release. “They should ask their children what they’re seeing at school and online. It takes a teen to know what’s going on in the teen world, but it takes parents to help their children navigate that world.”
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Please Join us for the 4th Annual French Scramble honoring Fred R. French, the founder of the Cape Cod Symposium!!
The 4rd Annual
French Scramble Golf Tournament
Date: Thursday, September 6th
Time: Tee Time 8:00 am – arrive by 7:30 am
Where:
Hyannis Golf Course
Rte #132 | Hyannis, MA 02601 |
508-362-2606We will have a scramble that will begin at 8:00 am sharp and it is suggested that you arrive at 7:30 am in order to get everything ready.
It will be at the Hyannis Golf Course, a par 71, 18 hole public golf course with a 55 Station Practice Range and 2 Practice Greens. Proper golf attire please. Blue jeans and metal spiked golf shoes are not allowed.
$65.00 per player includes 18 holes and a cart.
Route 132, Hyannis, MA 02601
508-362-2606Directions:
From the Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center: Got to the Rotary, take West Main Street all the way to the end, go left onto Rte 28, go through first set of lights, at second set of lights take a right onto Old Stage Road, go about 400 years, take right onto Shoot Flying Hill Rd. Take that to the end, and the Golf Course is at the end. (take approximately 15 minutes from the hotel)
From North - off Cape: Rte 3 South over the Sagamore Bridge to Rte 6. Take exit 6. Stay straight off ramp onto Rte 132. Follow approximately 1/2 mile, entrance on left.
From West/South - off Cape: Rte 495 (becomes Rte 25) to exit 2 (Rte 6/Hyannis). Keep left around rotary, follow Rte 6 signs. Follow alongside canal to end. Over Sagamore bridge. Take exit 6. Stay straight off ramp onto Rte 132. Follow approximately 1/2 mile, entrance on left.
From East (down Cape): Rte 6. Take exit 6. Turn left off ramp (at light) onto Rte 132. Follow approximately 1/2 mile, entrance on left
We are excited to have you as part of the 24th Cape Cod Symposium. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, I will be leaving Michigan arriving in Hyannis on Tues late afternoon, but available via cell
616-581-4855 or email - deemcgraw@ameritech.netMany thanks!
Dee
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