Recovery is everywhere. For too long we have been silent and invisible. This September, Rally for Recovery! online, and help us tally our total number of years of recovery. Together, we can put a face and a voice on recovery. You are living proof of the reality of long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Support and give hope to those still struggling by organizing and speaking out together. Join us!
eNews: January 2011
Gov. Haley Alcohol Czar (Bob Toomy) A Recovering Alcoholic view @ FITSNEWS.com
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FAVOR eNews: July 2010
Faces & Voices of Recovery Roundtable on Peer Recovery Support Services
The following is an update on the state of recovery support services nationally and the current thinking about best practices.
Please use these materials to help organize recovery support services in your community!
White Paper (8 pages) - - Presentation (83 PowerPoint pages in PDF format)
FAVOR eNews: April 20, 2010
Practicing Physicians Can Combat Addiction and Promote Lifelong Recovery
Click here to view the above article by Robert DuPont, M.D. and William L. White, M.A.
It offers seven prescriptions on how physicians can help their patients resolve alcohol, and other drug-related problems.Jane Pressly of FAVOR SC is working with her local medical society to get this article published in their medical society newsletter.
The article is in the public domain so that you can ask your local medical society to publish it.
RECOVERY VOICES COUNT
Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) South Carolina is a nonprofit, grassroots advocacy organization whose mission is to promote long term recovery from substance use disorders through education, advocacy and recovery support services resulting in healthier individuals, families and communities.
There are no dues or fees for membership. Support addiction recovery by joining the movement to remove barriers that keep people from getting the help they need. Become involved. Write letters. Call or visit your elected officials to discuss addiction issues. Participate in recovery events. Be a part of the solution.
Advocacy, Anonymity, & Traditions:
The Facts
Empowered story tellers are building the new recovery movement in South Carolina. We know that proven remedies exist, that recovery saves lives and families, and that appropriate responses to addiction saves society millions of dollars.
“By hiding our recovery, we have sustained the most harmful myth about addiction: that it is hopeless. And without the examples of recovering people, it’s easy for the public to continue thinking that people with addictions are moral degenerates and that those who are in recovery are the morally enlightened exceptions. We are the lucky ones—the ones who found recovery. And it is our responsibility to change the terms of the debate, for sake of those who still suffer.”
- Senator Harold Hughes
Recovery Bill of Rights
The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. It was developed and adopted by Faces & Voices of Recovery‘s board of directors and has been endorsed by allied national organizations. We call on all Americans and our elected officials to take action to build communities of recovery that will support the more than 22 million Americans and their families still needing help and to end discrimination facing millions in long-term recovery.- Click here to view poster -
