Join the Voices for Recovery: Together we are stronger. National Recovery Month 2019 30th anniversary.

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Review the personal stories of people recovering from mental and/or substance use disorders.

These personal stories share strategies individuals have used to overcome obstacles and achieve success with their recovery efforts.

Matthew: Pouring the Foundation of Recovery

Ivana: Celebrating 10 Years Clean and Sober

Alonzo: Drugs Were the Wrong Answer to My Problems

Brandi: Celebrating a Life Free From Opiates

Sade: Acknowledging Trauma so Healing Can Happen

Andrew: Breaking Through Obstacles and Thriving

Frances: Parenting a Child With Substance Dependency

Steve: Recovery Gave Me Back My Family

Tina: Recovery Gave Me Freedom from Shame and Guilt

Beth: A Recovery Coach's Journey to Sobriety

Last Updated: 02/27/2015

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Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use 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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