Event: Rally for Recovery! 2008

This year's Rally for Recovery will be on September 20, 2008! Email Faces & Voices National Field Director Tom Coderre to join other advocates on monthly organizing calls to share tips for holding a successful Rally.

Visit the Rally for Recovery! 2008 Page.

Recovery Bill of Rights

The Recovery Bill of Rights is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. It was developed and adopted by Faces & Voices of Recovery‘s board of directors and has been endorsed by allied national organizations.

Visit the Recovery Bill of Rights Page and sign on.

President’s Recovery Month Proclamation, 2005

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
President’s Recovery Month Proclamation, 2005

Whereas, substance use disorders are a serious and treatable public health problem affecting thousand of Americans of all ages, races, ethnic backgrounds and having huge medical ,societal and economic costs; and

Whereas, methadone treatment is the “gold standard” for all drug and alcohol treatments and yet is misunderstood because of years of prejudice and ignorance directed at it; and

Whereas, hundreds of thousands of methadone patients have been restored to functional lives and support their families as productive citizens; and

Whereas, methadone patients themselves have born the brunt of the prejudice directed to methadone treatment and are rarely told or treated as recovering persons; and

Whereas, just as drug and alcohol problems effect all areas of the community so to does recovery depends on the cooperation and support of family. friends, neighbors, community leaders, health care professionals and advocates; and

Whereas, methadone advocates throughout the nation are committed to reversing the stigma directed towards at methadone treatment and especially patients; and

Whereas, this September 2005 will be the 16th year that Recovery Month has been celebrated joining together recovering persons to celebrate; and

Whereas, with the theme “Join the Voice for Recovery: Healing Lives, Families and Communities” the 2005 observance of Recovery Month calls attention to the positive impact of treatment and the need for healing the prejudice that methadone patients have faced in their recovery; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I Joycelyn Sue Woods, President of the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates do hereby proclaim September 2005 as -

NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH AND
THE YEAR OF RECOGNITION OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS

to encourage and promote a greater understanding of methadone therapy and medication-assisted-treatments and to recognize the recovery of methadone patients.

Celebrate Recovery

WHAT IS A BLOG?:

For the uninitiated, a blog is an online journal, or Weblog, that contains thoughts, opinions, reflections, insights, and commentary from an organization or individual operator.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLOG:

This is the National Alliance of Methadone Advocates Blog to Celebrate Recovery this September 2005 (Recovery Month). This blog is for methadone patients and former patients to celebrate their achievements and recovery.

Here you can post:

1. Feelings about recovery through Medication Assisted Treatment.
2. Ideas or Projects to Celebrate Recovery Month.
3. Your Accomplishments because of Methadone Treatment.

NO PERSONAL ATTACKS OR ANY DEFAMING POSTS (NO HATIN' AND NO DISSIN'; IN NETSPEAK, NO FLAMES).

NO OFFENSIVE (SEXUAL, RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBIC, ETC.) LANGUAGE.

WHAT'S ENCOURAGED:

--A familiar, conversational style (This ain' gotta be all formal)
--Healthy, engaged thinking & discussion--respond to other people's posts.

SOME FORMATTING RULES:

Every message you contribute should have a TITLE, and then you will type your MESSAGE. You have to do the title formatting yourself using the limited controls Blogger offers (in the upper right hand corner of the Posts window). The date and time and your name are automatically added by Blogger to the end of the post.

Our Opportunity is Here.

Methadone patients have never been given the opportunity to even think of themselves as being in recovery. Recovery was something that happened after you "get off" of methadone. This is far from true and in fact the majority of methadone patients lead pretty normal stable lives that would be considered as "being in recovery". NAMA believes that just by taking a medication should not omit you from being a recovering person and it is time for methadone patients to celebrate their recovery.

This blog is a celebration about recovery with medication, our persistent determination to end drug use and finally to be able to celebrate our recovery.

Joycelyn Woods
President