Peer-to-Peer Training
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The country’s opioid epidemic, a plague since the 1990s, has awakened the public to a new understanding about substance use: who it impacts and how prevalent it truly is in society. However, though the problem is well-publicized, the stigma of drug and alcohol use still leaves many people feeling alone in the struggle to overcome addiction. Springs Recovery Connection (SRC) is a nonprofit community organization working to address that stigma …
Springs Recovery Connection, known for training peer support coaches who help people maintain sobriety from alcohol and drugs, has a new name and a much larger office where a community recovery center with like-minded organizations takes shape. First, the new name: Serenity Recovery Connection. It’s being unveiled at a Nov. 10 open house for donors,…
Isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a third more calls reaching out to the nonprofit Springs Recovery Connection for help because of addictions, up from 2,000 contacts in 2019. To address those needs as it works toward creating a “Recovery Friendly Community,” SRC on Sept. 24 welcomed guests to a Loyal Coffee-and-biscotti-to-go virtual…
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The opioid epidemic and struggles with substance abuse have been in the headlines more often over the last five years. From discussions in congress and the state capitol, it’s becoming an issue increasingly impacting more Coloradans. “There’s a stereotype that people have in their minds I believe of who the average victim of an overdose…
Once a week, Charlene Best pulls out her cellphone and dials a man she’s never seen, only heard. A gravelly voice echoes on the other line — sometimes quaking with a craving for another sip of alcohol, other times resolute and ready to start anew. Her calls are the hallmark of a program by Springs…