National Recovery Month

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About Recovery Month


2009: Celebrating 20 Years of Recovery Month



Over the years, National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) has inspired millions of people to raise awareness about addiction, share their stories of recovery, and assist others who are still struggling.

View the "Recovery Month: 20 Years of Excellence and Achievement" Timeline. This timeline showcases the many strides the treatment and recovery field have made and details the campaign's success and evolution of Treatment Works! into Recovery Month.

View the June 2009 Press Conference.




Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of treatment for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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  • Behavioral Health is Essential to Health
  • Prevention Works
  • Treatment is Effective
  • People Recover
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SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.

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