Stories

John Riemenschneider shares his recovery journey, exploring addiction, stigma, and how storytelling and connection support long-term recovery.

Dr. Crystal Collier shares a brain-based approach to youth prevention, highlighting how neurodevelopment, consistent messaging, and community support can reduce risky behaviors and build protective factors.

What happens when you stop asking young people to participate in prevention—and start trusting them to lead it? Inside PEP, youth aren’t just part of the work. They’re driving it.

For more than three decades, HIPS has been a steady presence in Washington, D.C. They’re an organization focused on community care and overdose prevention, working primarily alongside sex workers and people who use drugs, communities that are too often pushed to the margins.

At SAFE Project, our Communities initiative exists at the intersection of policy, practice, and people. Our work is focused on strengthening the bridges between prevention, harm reduction, treatment, recovery, and reentry. From the SAFE Communities Director Rachel Bowling Hello, and happy March! I’m Rachel Bowling, the new Director of the SAFE Communities Initiative at SAFE…

Discover how Robin Todd, founder of Mindful Momentum, is redefining recovery and workplace wellness through mindfulness. Her “Building Strong Minds” program and peer-based tools help workers reduce stress, prevent crisis, and create a culture of safety and support.

After finding sobriety in 2007, Paul Reed turned his personal recovery into a purpose-driven mission—supporting others in the trades through nonprofit work, treatment programs, and sober living opportunities.

Author Laura Jones shares her recovery journey, her book Beyond Sober, and her call for healthier, more inclusive sales cultures.

LB Burkhalter survived a fentanyl overdose and turned her second chance into a mission. As founder of Recovered Humans Recovery Homes and a leader at Red Rock Recovery Center, she’s helped over 180 women rebuild their lives.