Local advocates will gather Friday at the Recovery House at 16 N. Buckeye to recognize September as National Recovery Month from substance abuse disorders.
Since 1989, Recovery Month has been held every September to promote and support new treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible.
This year’s motto is, “Every person, every family, every community,” in recognition of the support necessary to help people overcome drug and alcohol addiction.
At 11:30 a.m. Friday, organizers will hold a community meditation where about 20 minutes will be devoted to breathing exercise and quietly thinking about how as a community we can help address the misuse of drugs and alcohol. A community prayer will also be delivered.
For those wanting to participate via Zoom, contact April Jackson at 620-380-6008.
A community lunch featuring spaghetti follows at 12:30.
Then at 1 p.m. a video about the Recovery House program will be shown.
Tours of the facility’s community rooms will be given throughout the afternoon, ending at 5.
ON SATURDAY at noon, participants may join in a nationwide Serenity Prayer sponsored by Narcotics Anonymous also via Zoom.
At 6 p.m., movies from the 1980s and karaoke will be on tap at the Recovery House.
Local advocates are also eager to share their message of fighting drug and alcohol misuses with local businesses.
They’ll visit with employees about how to combat substance misuse as well as bring goodie bags that include Naloxone, a medicine that reverses opioid overdose.
For more information, contact Jackson at [email protected].
Coalitions include Thrive Allen County, the Southeast Kansas Substance Misuse Prevention Coalition and SEK Recovery Resources.
