September is National Alcohol and Drug Addition Recovery Month

Recovery Month will be observed during September 2001. The month is set aside to highlight the societal benefits, importance, and effectiveness of drug and alcohol treatment as a public health service in your community and workplace. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, in conjunction with its national planning partner organizations and treatment providers, has organized this year’s campaign materials as a toolkit that allows you to easily tailor a community outreach program that matches your time and resources, while still helping to educate key constituent groups about the need to involve them in improving treatment in your community. The kit offers ideas and suggestions for planning and implementing a manageable campaign that conveys this year’s observance theme, We Recover Together: Family, Friends, and Community, which emphasizes the importance of family and community in the recovery process.

Businesses can join in the observation and promotion to give a message to workers and the community that companies support those who are in recovery as part of their effort to reduce substance abuse in the workplace.

http://www.health.org/recoverymonth/2001/ will provide resources such as  the virtual Recovery Month kit, Recovery Month Events and Activities, Family and Community and much more.