Who we are

• The SUPPORT Recovery Blog is a leadership project of Team SUPPORT. Team SUPPORT is comprised of a 4-member protégé group currently participating in the PFR/ATTC Network Leadership Institute for Recovery Support Services Emerging Leaders. There are 14 participants from across the nation who have been designated as future leaders in the Recovery field and in their community. SUPPORT stands for Staging Useful Positive Presentations Of Recovery Trainings.

• The ATTC network emphasis is on six areas to achieve their vision: unifying science, education and services to transform the lives of individuals and the families affected by addiction. The Great Lakes ATTC is a regional center that focuses on several key areas including Recovery Management, Evidence-Based Practices and Strength-Based Approaches. ATTC is dedicated to identifying and advancing opportunities for improving addictions treatment and recovery services. The ATTC network takes a unified approach in delivering cutting-edge knowledge and skills to develop an empowered and a unified workforce. This workforce has the potential to transform individual lives. For more information visit their website, www.attcnetwork.org

• The PFR is an initiative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Center of Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and addresses issues of national significance. It is field and consumer-driven. PFR supports and provides technical services for the prevention and treatment of substance use and mental health disorders with the intention to improve services and systems of care. For more information visit their website, www.pfr.samhsa.gov

• Staging Useful Positive Presentations Of Recovery Trainings, this is our team’s project. Our basic tenets are to use the Internet social network to educate, advocate and heighten public awareness. There is a “new” Recovery Advocacy Movement and we want to start people thinking in a paradigm about chemical dependency problems and the reality of Recovery. It is vital that the different fractions of our field come together and help develop the general public’s attitudes and perceptions that are supportive for long-term recovery

Pathways of Recovery

A primary tenet of this Blog:
There are many pathways to recovery and all individuals should have the right to choose their recovery pathway. Here are some currently acknowledged pathways:

Abstinence-based Recovery, Affiliated or Assisted Recovery, Bicultural Style of Recovery, Complete Recovery, Cultural Recovery, Cultural Pathways of Recovery, Faith-based Recovery, Family Recover, Harm Reduction, High Bottom Recovery, Low Bottom Recovery, Natural Recovery, Manual-guided Recovery or Solo Recovery, Medication-assisted Recovery, Moderated Recovery also known as Moderated Resolution, Multiple Pathways of Recovery Model, Partial Recovery, Radical Recovery, Secular Recovery and Serial Recovery

What is this Blog?

This blog is intended to be
a connection point for recovery support services personnel and/or any other professionals interested in recovery, recovery management, recovery advocacy, public polices and legislation concerning alcoholism and addiction issues and/or any other topic connected to recovery from alcoholism and addiction with the focus on recovery as the solution. It is also open to anyone in recovery or wanting to be in recovery and/or their family and friends. Recovery is a reality and it is time to start focusing on the solution of recovery instead of focusing negatively on the problem. Stigma must be eliminated: Anyone can become an alcoholic or become addicted to a chemical substance given a variety of situations and circumstances. No one is immune. Alcohol and addiction are progress and chronic when untreated. There are many pathways to recovery and just because one did not work; it does not mean an other pathway will not. (See pathways)

We promote recovery and this blog believes

• That every individual has a responsibility to their community and should advocate for social justice

• There is a need to heighten public awareness about chemical dependency and the different pathways of recovery

• In the importance of recovery services training & the value of peer-to-peer coaching

• In providing information on possible resources for funding opportunities to help more citizens to acquire recovery

• In providing information on legislation (current & proposed bills) that affect the millions of individuals experiencing and/or recovering from chemical dependency issues