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While attitudes about addiction to drugs and alcohol are changing to reflect more acceptance and understanding, the industry is not keeping pace with the cultural shift, a recent nationwide study concludes. “The challenge now is that our policies, systems and institutions have not fully caught up with what the public already believes,” Faces & Voices of Recovery’s…
By Eric Bean, Peer Recovery Coach, Serenity Recovery Connection From Active Addiction to Survival Mode My name is Eric. I’m a man in long-term recovery. I guide rural recovery outreach and peer support services across Chaffee, Custer, and Park counties as a Peer RecoveryCoach for Serenity Recovery Connection. I spent more than two decades in…
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — An organization is traveling across the country for a suicide prevention and mental health awareness tour, carrying the message “Leaving No Veteran Behind.” American Veterans’ (AMVETS) seven-city journey started in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, May 13. The journey is designed with one goal in mind: to increase responsiveness to veteran suicide awareness…