Videos, Podcasts, Webinars and Events — This was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. By Lisa Stangl Person-Centered Addiction Care for LGBTQ+ People Studies indicate that members of the LGBTQ+ community experience substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders at twice the…

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. By Jeremiah Gardner Today marks the 87th anniversary of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. And for the first time since 2019, Founder’s Day in Akron, Ohio…

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. Curation with occasional commentary by Jeremiah Gardner 📕 READ: The U.S. opioid crisis might soon peak and then start to abate, a new model suggests —…

Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s oldest brother says he went “from dope fiend to deacon,” thanks to recovery — 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. Q: What does recovery look like for you, and how has it empowered different aspects of your…

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 the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020 and society shut down, many people in recovery from addiction…

By Helene Photias Yet one more mass shooting and senseless lives lost. Two weeks ago, 19 children and two adults died — and 17 others were injured — in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Most of the victims were third and fourth graders, most from the Latinx community…

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. By Kevin Doyle, EdD Often overlooked in the aftermath of an overdose death are the family members and friends of the individual whose life was lost…

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This was originally published for Hazelden Betty Ford’s monthly Recovery Advocacy Update. If you’d like to receive our advocacy emails, subscribe today. By Kevin Doyle, EdD It struck me recently that one of the ways we perpetuate stigma about substance use disorders is in our reluctance to ask people about…