Big News Here at WINR! Two WINR Women Have Been Selected To Be A Part Of Something Fantastic! Monday, Dec 6 2010

That’s right! Women In New Recovery is proud to announce that two WINR women have been selected to be a part of The Young Peoples Network Dialogue On Recovery! The YNPDR has been formed by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which will convene the Young People’s Networking Dialogue on Recovery in Baltimore, MD on December 13, 2010.

This meeting will provide participants – primarily young people (18 – 25 years of age) in recovery and family members of young people in recovery, an opportunity to share creative ideas aboutdeveloping a community-based recovery-oriented system of care for young people in or seeking recovery.

Up to 50 young people and family members of young people in recovery
will interact and participate in panel presentations and working groups on a diverse range
of topics to give a voice to their ideas and creative input for how to improve care and
support.

Among other topics the 50 selected participants will:

• Provide a forum for young people to describe the challenges and successes of their own personal recovery that could inform elements of a new recovery-oriented system of care.
• Elicit from young people concepts and services that they identify as being critical to recovery, including home/school/community recovery capital, relapse prevention and interventions, meaningful family involvement where appropriate, and overcoming stigma and discrimination.
• Provide a forum for family members to describe the gaps they identify in current treatment and recovery programs, policies, and research activities that could be addressed in a new recovery-oriented system that increases family involvement at the practice, program and policy level of recovery programs.

This is a fantastic accomplishment, and one more miracle of sobriety that these women should hold up high! Congratulations ladies!

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2010 – Join the Voices for Recovery: Now More Than Ever Wednesday, Sep 22 2010

                                            

Lets think about this years National Recovery Month observance theme…

“Join the Voices for Recovery :Now More Than Ever.”

That is pretty profound…

Everyone in recovery has a different story. A story that is worth passing on to the next person struggling with addiction. Awareness of substance abuse has tremendously grown over the past 21 years. Throughout the years recovering addicts, and alcoholics have taken many strides to help spread the message of addiction. Still today many have trouble opening up about their addiction.This is why I find the theme so profound.

Not only has the matter of addiction become more recognized as a disease, not a choice. With the help of those in Recovery uniting and bringing awareness to the matter, those hiding in shame of their addiction now have found pride in what they have battled.

Now another opportunity has present itself to once again bound together and put a voice on recovery.  With your participation in National Recovery Month, you are able to motivate those still seeking the courage to ask for help. Or, to encourage those that fear what others may think to stand up right next to you.

It is time to embrace what we have been through, and share our experience, strength and hope with all. Now more than ever!

 Join Women In New Recovery for their 7th Annual Walk and Rally in honor of National Recovery Month.

September, 25th, 2010

Between 2:00pm-6:00pm 

Located at: 860 N Center St,  Mesa, Arizona 85251

Also, to find other Recovery Events throughout the nation visit:

www.recoverymonth.gov

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