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Updated 01/31/08 The following packages of PowerPoint presentation materials can help you promote National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) in your local community. Use the presentations to generate community awareness, support, and involvement in the Recovery Month observance as well as to educate others that recovery is possible.
The Johnson Institute is accepting nominations for the Fifth Annual America Honors Recovery awards. The awards honor individuals and families in recovery, who are making unique contributions through dedication and service to help conquer alcohol and other drug addiction. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 18, 2008.
The 18th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month & NAADAC's 35th Anniversary were celebrated at a National Press Club Luncheon in Washington, D.C. on September 6. This year's theme, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Saving Lives, Saving Dollars," aims to raise awareness about the financial and human costs of substance use disorders and highlights the benefits that investing in treatment can have on those who enter recovery, their families and the larger community. Co-emcees Henry Lozano, President/CEO of Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth, Inc. and Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, NAADAC Executive Director presided over an esteemed panel of speakers and legislators celebrating NAADAC's 35 years of service.
The Task force held public hearings, reviewed studies and research regarding program and organizations improvements to the military health care system, and visited military health care sites. As part of the public hearings, the Task Force also has heard extensive testimony related to improving business and management practices and realigning fee structures. The task Force has laid a solid framework to sustain and improve the future of military health care.
The Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible.
Materials and events posted on the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) Web site are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
The 18th Annual National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month & NAADAC's 35th Anniversary were celebrated at a National Press Club Luncheon in Washington, D.C. on September 6. This year's theme, "Join the Voices for Recovery: Saving Lives, Saving Dollars," aims to raise awareness about the financial and human costs of substance use disorders and highlights the benefits that investing in treatment can have on those who enter recovery, their families and the larger community. Co-emcees Henry Lozano, President/CEO of Community Alliances for Drug Free Youth, Inc. and Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, NAADAC Executive Director presided over an esteemed panel of speakers and legislators celebrating NAADAC's 35 years of service.
The Task force held public hearings, reviewed studies and research regarding program and organizations improvements to the military health care system, and visited military health care sites. As part of the public hearings, the Task Force also has heard extensive testimony related to improving business and management practices and realigning fee structures. The task Force has laid a solid framework to sustain and improve the future of military health care.