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Carol Burk (12/02/2011)

Carol Burk, a PRO-ACT Recovery Walks! 2011 attendee, has been in recovery for nine and a half years. She discusses how the self-help group Women for Sobriety helped her become sober and break the chain in her family. Carol explains how her recovery journey has helped her discover more about herself and the world. The PRO-ACT Recovery Walks! 2011 was held at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 24, 2011 in celebration of National Recovery Month.



Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery 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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