Recovery Resource Library
Since 2001, Faces & Voices of Recovery has been producing position papers, infographics, reports, toolkits and much more. Click on the link below to view our publications:
Recovery Resource Library
“Life in Recovery”: Report on the Survey Findings
Prepared by Alexandre Laudet, Ph.D. for Faces & Voices of Recovery
As a first step to documenting the benefits of recovery to the individual and to the nation, Faces & Voices of Recovery (Faces & Voices) conducted the first nationwide survey of persons in recovery from alcohol and other drug problems. The survey was developed, conducted, and analyzed in collaboration with Alexandre Laudet, Ph.D., Director of…
“We Do Recover”: Scientific Studies of NA
Bill White
Since its founding in the mid-twentieth century, Narcotics Anonymous (NA) has emerged as a major addiction recovery support resource, with more than 71,000 weekly NA meetings in 144 countries. But what is known about the effects of NA participation from the standpoint of science? To answer that question, Marc Galanter, Keith Humphreys, John Kelly, and…
10 Reasons to Fund Peer Recovery Support Services
Faces & Voices of Recovery
Infographic designed to assist with advocacy efforts to fund and sustain recovery support services. TweetShareShareEmail0 Shares
12-Step and Mutual Aid Group COVID-19 Statements
Heroin Anonymous Download Alcoholics Anonymous Download Al-Anon Download Do you have additional information to add? Please contact us. TweetShareShareEmail0 Shares
2012 Recovery Capital Scale Psychometrics
Groshkova T, Best D, White W
Sociological work on social capital and its impact on health behaviours have been translated into the addiction field in the form of ‘recovery capital’ as the construct for assessing individual progress on a recovery journey. Yet there has been little attempt to quantify recovery capital. The aim of the project was to create a scale…
2017 Census and Definitions for Recovery Support in Higher Education
Transforming Youth Recovery
The research undertaken by Transforming Youth Recovery for the 2017 Census and Definitions for Recovery Support in Higher Education includes activities intended to update definitions and descriptions for the services and resources that directly support students in recovery at institutions of higher education. A census was undertaken to ascertain the number of institutions offering services…
2018 Recovery Voices Count Toolkit
The Recovery Voices Count campaign is part of Faces & Voices ongoing work to build a powerful recovery advocacy movement by supporting nonpartisan civic engagement in local, state, and national elections. The goal is simple: to support recovery community organizations and their communities in developing and sustaining a constituency of consequence – an organized voice…
2019 National Drug Control Strategy
Office of National Drug Control Policy (January 2019)
The Strategy provides the strategic direction necessary for the Federal government to build a stronger, healthier, drug-free society today and in the years to come by drastically reducing the number of Americans losing their lives to drug addiction. The overarching goal of the Strategy is to save lives by engaging in a comprehensive approach that…
2020 Legislative Priorities
Faces & Voices of Recovery
Take action! Support our policy agenda Investing in recovery support services will reap the economic benefits of long-term recovery, reduce the burden on the criminal justice and child welfare systems, and get people the housing, employment and educational services they need. TweetShareShareEmail0 Shares
38 Assets For Building Collegiate Recovery Capacity
Transforming Youth Recovery
These assets reflect the potential college specific people, places, and groups that can be assembled into practices to help students in recovery thrive in the fullness of the college experience. TweetShareShareEmail0 Shares
A Lesson from Recent Vaping Deaths
Bill White
Federal officials have tentatively identified the potential source of recently reported vaping-related respiratory illnesses and deaths. The culprit appears to be vitamin E acetate, a substance long used as a nutritional supplement and topical skin treatment but whose oily consistency may make it quite toxic when inhaled via vaping. While these findings are preliminary and…