A Q&A with Amethyst Recovery Homes co-founder Derek Johnson, whose Instagram-famous pet duck, Ben Afquack, is also a swell recovery companion — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. The most famous duck after Daffy and Donald just may be Ben Afquack. Seriously. The Minnesota duck…

… and other recovery advocacy news, issues & musings — Written and curated, with commentary, by Jeremiah Gardner NOTE: This was originally published for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. It’s National Recovery Month, and you know what else that means? The NFL season is under way…

“Recovery is for Everyone” — 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. Get ready. It’s the time of year recovery advocates around the country feverishly plan for the exciting whirlwind that is National Recovery Month…

A Q&A with Nell Hurley — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. When Nell Hurley heard the word “cancer” from her doctor, it was a shock. She is in…

Curation with occasional commentary 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. 📕 READ: Howdy! Boy, that feels good. And there’s a reason. According to a new survey, saying hello to neighbors could boost your well-being. 📕 READ…

A Q&A with “Evan the (mental health and addiction) Counselor” — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. I first met Evan Lieberman in a Zoom-type meeting after a mutual friend connected us. It was…

Normalizing and celebrating health — 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. What’s more valuable — safe social spaces for people in recovery or acceptance within the larger social spaces of our culture? This is…

A Q&A with Laura Silverman — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. Have you noticed more non-alcoholic drinks popping up on menus— mocktails, for example, like the “Betty Ford,”…

A Q&A with recovery advocate and author William J. Lammers — This Q&A, facilitated by Jeremiah Gardner of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. Not only does addiction recovery enable us to change our trajectory and write new chapters in our…