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September is Recovery Month

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Get Ready for National Recovery Month in September

NAMA declares 2003 THE YEAR OF RECOVERY FOR METHADONE PATIENTS

Methadone patients have never been allowed to think of themselves as in recovery. This year the National Alliance of Methadone is declaring Recovery Month “The Year of Recovery for Methadone Patients.”

What can you do to make this happen?

  • When you go to your program tell other patients that they are in recovery. Shake their hand, tell them about Recovery Month and what this Special Month means for methadone patients.
  • When you go to your program tell the staff about Recovery Month and what this means for methadone patients. Ask them to plan an event for the clinic.
  • Tell your friends who know you are a methadone patient that you are in recovery and that September is Recovery Month.
  • Tell your family that you are in recovery and that September is Recovery Month.

Time to Celebrate Our Recovery

Links for Recovery Month

  • Download a Recovery Month Kit

    Download the Recovery Kits with all kinds of resources for recovery month and to help you with a recovery month event.

  • CSAT Webcasts

    Join Webcast Host Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), SAMHSA, HHS, and a panel of experts for a webcast.

  • Community and Family Resources

    Links to the Treatment Locator, A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and DrugFree, Referrals for Self Help and a host of other resources.

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