Recovery Month: Celebrate and Support!
September is a powerful tribute to the strength and resilience of those impacted by addiction. It’s a time to highlight the incredible victories of individuals in recovery, amplify their voices, and champion the diverse, holistic pathways that make healing possible.
National Recovery Month is more than a celebration; it is a call to action. Beyond awareness and stigma reduction, Recovery Month calls on all of us to take action by advancing health equity, promoting public health, and addressing the social and structural barriers that affect recovery.
Recovery is:
A process of change in which a person improves their health and wellness, lives a self-directed life, and strives to reach their full potential. It is an individualized, intentional, dynamic, and relational process. The pathway that an individual chooses is often based on their values, culture, and psychological and behavioral needs.
Explore the Recovery Month Resource Hub
Celebrate Recovery Month
At SAFE Project, we stand shoulder to shoulder with individuals and communities across the country, proudly supporting every path to recovery and well-being. Supporting recovery means ensuring that every person has equitable access to the resources, opportunities, and supportive environments they need to thrive. This resource hub is designed to help you move beyond recognition into action by providing resources, education, and pathways for engagement throughout September!
Recovery Month Webinars
Building Sustainable Recovery
September 23 • 12:00 PM ET
Build a deeper understanding of recovery by learning about recovery capital, exploring different recovery pathways, and discerning how our values, goals, and identities shape recovery.
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Defining Recovery
SAFE Project’s Director of Recovery, Sydney Chiefetz, sat down with partners and friends of SAFE Project to capture honest and organic conversations that highlight the many pathways, strengths, wisdom, and challenges of recovery. The answer? It looks different for everyone.
For some, recovery means abstinence. For others, it’s moderation, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, or a blend of several approaches. There’s no single right way to heal, and no timeline in doing so. There will be good days and challenging days, forward steps and moments of pause. All of which make up a unique recovery journey. SAFE Project empowers individuals to use or create a pathway that will work best for them. Follow us on our social media platforms for more of our “Recovery Wisdom” video campaign. Feeling inspired? Share your story here!.
Take Action
The Recovery Action Collective is an 8-week learning and community impact program designed for people in recovery who want to create meaningful change where they live. The program provides participants with foundational education and technical assistance to develop and implement a local impact project. If you want to bring a new recovery meeting to your community, or want to increase access to life saving resources in your neighborhood, or have another idea of how to help your community through prevention, harm reduction, or recovery, we want you in the Recovery Action Collective!
Want to learn more about the Recovery Action Collective? Fill out this inquiry form below, and we will get in touch with you!