A Holiday Pondering: What Might NOT Have Been? — By Jeremiah Gardner NOTE: This was published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. I was recently speaking with a Hazelden Betty Ford colleague, Judy Chartrand, PhD, about her other role as mayor of Lindstrom, Minn., a…

A Q&A with Tom Humpston, aka MusicianThomas — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. You hear it frequently — that people thriving in recovery from addiction often have healthy morning routines. And…

Necessity of Pandemic Spurred Acceptance of Innovation Launched More Than Two Decades Earlier — By Jeremiah Gardner NOTE: This was published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. One widely acknowledged silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic was that online support meetings for people recovering from addiction became commonplace. And today…

By Kevin Doyle, EdD NOTE: This was published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. Anyone who has been around addiction recovery at all — whether as a professional, a family member or an individual with a…

Trustee of the Hazelden Betty Foundation Remembers White House Holidays and Honors Family Friend Rosalynn Carter — If you visit any U.S. Post Office this busy holiday season, you may notice a name especially dear and familiar to the millions of Americans in recovery from addiction. That’s because the 2023 White House Christmas Ornament — now for sale in Post Offices across the country — honors former…

By Jeremiah Gardner NOTE: This was published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today.

A Q&A with Willard Malebear Jr. of Iktomi Tattoo and Unified Theory Collective — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. Willard Malebear Jr. is a professional artist and tattoo artist. He has been featured in multiple art events…

A Q&A with Hazelden Betty Ford counselor Jason Delmont — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. Growing up in Minnesota, Jason Delmont was aware of his mother’s Dakota and Ojibwe heritage, but he wasn’t…

Recovery is a process to be sustained and supported — By Kevin Doyle, EdD NOTE: This was published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. It seems to me that health care too often treats substance use disorders as “acute” conditions and does not fully conceptualize them…