Recovery Resources

  • Seven Policies Required to Conquer Addiction in our Lifetime By Johnny Allem, The Johnson Institute (2004). 

  • Know Your Rights a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment publication (2007). 

  • Recovery Month Resources for Recovery Month.

  • What does recovery mean to you Lessons from the recovery experience for research and practice by Alexandre B. Laudet. Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment a study examining recovery meanings and definitions. 

  • Recovery is a Reality by FAVOR (May 2008). 

  • RCSP Conference Report Emerging Peer Recovery Support Services and Indicators of Quality (2006). Preapred by CSAT this report outlines the goals of peer-to-peer recovery support services projects and discusses indicators of quality in peer recovery support services.  

  • Building a Common Vision for Recovery in America by Mike Flaherty discussing current research that is demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment and peer based recovery support services. White House Conference on Faith-based Initiatives, September 21, 2007. 

  • A Faith-based Approach to Providing Peer-led Addiction Recovery Support Services by David Whiters discussing Faith-based Initiatives and how a coalition of churches in Atlanta is successfully providing peer led recovery support services. White House Conference on Faith-based Initiatives, September 21, 2007. 

  • Participation in community life by AA and NA members by Linda Farris Kurtz and Michael Fisher discussing the criticism that 12-step fellowships have a negative influence on members active involvement in mainstream society. The findings contrasts experiences of community-involved members from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with those of members of Narcotics Anonymous (NA). Contemporary Drug Problems (Winter 2003). Note: NA has had and continue to have policies that discriminate against medication assisted treatment patients, however we decided to include this article because of the issues that are discussed. Please let us know what you think. 

  • Commentary on Defining and Measuring Recovery (2007) by Stephan Arndt and Pat Taylor of Faces and Voices of Recovery comments on the work of the Betty Ford Institute Consensus Panel in taking a long overdue step to develop an operational definition of recovery.  

  • Addiction Recovery: Its definition and conceptual boundaries by William L. White. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2007). This paper discusses the issues critical to the achievement of a definition of recovery and offers a working definition that attempts to meet the criteria of precision, inclusiveness, exclusiveness, measurability, acceptability, and simplicity.  

  • What is recovery? A working definition from the Betty Ford Institute Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (2007). A pamel from the Betty Ford Inst was convened by the Betty Ford Institute was convened to develop an initial definition of recovery as a starting point.  

  • Recovery Bill of Rights   Learn about the Recovery Bill of Rights and become an endorser.

  • Recovery Community Support Program Visit SAMHSA’s RCSP section with recovery resources and links.

  • Partners for Recovery  Another recovery website supported by SAMHSA with links to resources.

  • Faces and Voices of Recovery A national organization supporting recovery and medication assisted treatment.

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