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Embracing Hope and Empowerment through Giving: Why Your Support Matters for Recovery Communities
Faces & Voices of Recovery Board Vice-Chairperson Elizabeth Edwards discusses the importance of giving this season.
Read MoreFaces & Voices Celebrates 20 Years of Incorporation
Faces & Voices was incorporated in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 2004.
Read MoreThe Best of Us: Even in Death, Tyrone Gayle Champions for Better
How Tyrone Gayle, a phenom in his life and a legend in his death, left an indelible mark on the advocacy world.
Read MoreOpen Letter to Congress From Persons in Recovery: What Opponents Get Wrong About Methadone.
by Patty McCarthy and Zac Talbott As people living in recovery from addiction and as leaders in the recovery movement, we know that methadone saves lives. We’ve seen it help…
Read MoreCivic Engagement and Recovery: Casting a Vote for Hope
By Keegan Wicks, Amanda Cassidy-Trejo, and Lindsay J. Fancovic The recovery community is driven by hope and action. Here at Faces & Voices, we’re dedicated to empowering individuals and…
Read MoreBonus Episode: Phil Rutherford
This blog is an edited transcript of the Faces & Voices of Recovery podcast, Recovery Stories have power, which you can listen to here or by searching “Recovery Stories Have Power”…
Read MoreApparently, There’s More Than One Way to Be a Person in Recovery: AA, Dry January, and the Manyfold Path to Recovery
By Nicole Woodward Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) was started nearly a hundred years ago by alcoholics who had stopped drinking and found hope. It is still a huge part of AA…
Read MoreDecember Public Policy Update
As 2023 ended, answers from Congress to several important questions remain unanswered. Chief among them is how programs that address recovery support services will be funded in Fiscal Year 2024…
Read MoreShatterproof: A Call to Transform Addiction Treatment and End the Stigma
Right now, there are 49 million Americans living with a substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States. More than 112,000 people died from a drug overdose in the 12-month…
Read MoreA Journey of Recovery: Living with HIV for Over 20 Years
When I received my diagnosis in 2003, my doctor said that he had “some good news and some bad news” to share with me. The bad news: I was HIV…
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