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December 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…
Read MoreRestoring Lives, Restoring Hope
In a world where hope can feel hard to come by, and the road to recovery often seems winding and uncertain, there are organizations that stand out as guideposts offering…
Read MoreThe One Thing We Cannot Live Without
There are many ways to talk about what we do at Recovery Café and about who we are. Lately, I have been talking about it this way. We are 60…
Read MoreWe’re Just Getting Started
For as long as there’s been addiction, there’s been recovery. Addiction and the collateral damage left in its wake are more outwardly recognizable; it’s a condition. Recovery, on the other…
Read MoreUnity in Recovery
Celebrating Recovery and Unity September is a special month for those in the recovery community, as it signifies Recovery Month. This year, Faces & Voices of Recovery had the privilege…
Read MoreThe Roots of International Recovery Day
I am a Face & Voice of Recovery John Winslow, the founder of International Recovery Day and a strong advocate in the recovery community, is also a man in long-term…
Read More25 Years of the Modern Recovery Community Organization (RCO)
Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the First Recovery Community Services Program Grants As I began to reflect recently on the tremendous value of recovery community organizations, a close friend sent…
Read MoreFaces & Voices of Recovery’s Statement on Final FY2022 Budget
March 22, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Biden signed the nation’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget into law Tuesday, March 15, 2022. This year’s budget received several increases in areas that…
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