This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney ...
"Handcuffs to Hope" is a grassroots movement for people who have experienced addiction, human trafficking and incarceration ...
WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — A local man who is in long-term recovery is now helping others to leave drugs behind for good. "Since Jan. 8, 2018, I decided not to do drugs anymore," Richard Washington said. ...
In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...
A new grant from New Hampshire’s Division of Behavioral Health at the Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University of New Hampshire $400,000 to create alternative peer groups for ...
The Midstate has a new substance recovery program, which leaders say is a little different from others. Life Changing ...
Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...
Lys Skelly has a lot of things she’s proud of. She has degrees in religious education and in paralegal studies. She was Fairbanks Waitress of the Year in 2012. She recently got married and bought land ...
Members are considering approval of funding that would hire a city-focused peer support specialist beginning in 2026.
When he was a counselor, Michael Cunningham fielded a lot of questions about his own experiences with drugs and alcohol. At the time, he didn’t share much of his story with clients. But now, as a peer ...