Recovery

Yesterday, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health was released in conjunction with 22nd annual National Recovery Month observance.

Help spread the word that recovery from substance abuse addiction is real by participating in the national Recovery Month observance next month.

Help spread the word that recovery from substance abuse addiction is real by participating in the national Recovery Month observance this September. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), this public health campaign is designed to highlight the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment and to promote the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. To help community organizations plan a Recovery Month event or campaign, SAMHSA along with the Recovery Month planning partners have developed the Recovery Month Toolkit.

Faces & Voices of Recovery launched the International Recovery Resources Guide, an online resource to foster the development of networks of support between recovery community organizations and allies in the United States and abroad. The site launch features an interview with Congress60 founder Hossein Dezhakam of the Republic of Iraq.

Help spread the word that recovery from substance abuse addiction is real by participating in the national Recovery Month observance this September. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), this public health campaign is designed to highlight the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment and to promote the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. To help community organizations plan a Recovery Month event or campaign, SAMHSA along with the Recovery Month planning partners have developed the Recovery Month Toolkit.

Help spread the word that recovery from substance abuse addiction is real by participating in the national Recovery Month observance this September. Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), this public health campaign is designed to highlight the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment and to promote the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible. To help community organizations plan a Recovery Month event or campaign, SAMHSA along with the Recovery Month planning partners have developed the Recovery Month Toolkit. 
 

If your coalition is celebrating Children of Alcoholics Week this week through Feb. 19th, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics has a few useful tools for you.

A new National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded study suggests that smokers trying to quit who watch actors engaging in smoking in a movie might trigger cravings.

 

Do you want to get the latest strategies to prevent substance abuse, hear from experts in the substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery fields, and network with nearly 3,000 professionals? Then, register today for CADCA's 21st annual National Leadership Forum, Feb. 7-10, 2011 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center at National Harbor, Md.

While fewer youth and adults smoke tobacco today then a decade ago, national data shows that those declines are leveling off. Widespread public education, environmental policy changes, and effective smoking cessation approaches have significantly reduced smoking rates, but for people with mental illness and/or substance use disorders, a coalition in Connecticut noticed that smoking rates were much higher than its general population.

To help spread the word that recovery from addiction is possible, CADCA will be taking part in Pro-Act's 9th Annual Recovery Walks! event on Saturday in Philadelphia, where thousands will walk 1.5 miles through the historic city center and Penn's Landing in downtown Philadelphia.

To help spread the word that recovery from addiction is possible, CADCA will be taking part in Pro-Act's 9th Annual Recovery Walks! event on Sept. 25, 2010 in Philadelphia, where thousands will walk 1.5 miles through the historic city center. To make a bigger impact, we want you to join us! The first 20 who agree to walk as part of the CADCA team will get a free t-shirt!

Dr. Richard A. Friedman, a professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, wrote about the long-lasting behavioral effects of drug abuse on the brain in The New York Times' Science section recently.

To help spread the word that recovery from addiction is possible, CADCA will be taking part in Pro-Act's 9th Annual Recovery Walks! event on Sept. 25, 2010 in Philadelphia, where thousands will walk 1.5 miles through the historic city center. To make a bigger impact, we want you to join us! The first 20 who agree to walk as part of the CADCA team will get a free t-shirt!