F E A T U R E D I T E M S
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH!
ATTEND A PLANNED RECOVERY EVENT IN YOUR AREA OR PLAN AN EVENT OF YOUR OWN! BE SURE TO CONTACT US SO WE CAN HELP PROMOTE YOUR RECOVERY EVENT.
Celebrate Recovery Host Family Picnic in the Park
September 11, 2010
Washington, Missouri Fair Grounds
1:00-6:00 p.m.
This event was planned to celebrate National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Come and enjoy free food and live entertainment. Featuring three-time Grammy and two-time Dove award winner with 8 critically acclaimed albums; Ashley Cleveland. Ashley has a heart for recovery and a sincere message in her music. She will "rock the house!" www.ashleycleveland.com
For more information on this event, contact Debbie at 314-578-3003.
Kansas City Inaugural Event:
Mike Johnson Memorial Walk for Recovery
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Washington Square Park
Kansas City, Missouri
Join us at 9:00 a.m. on the 18th for a 5k walk through the historic Union Station, Liberty Memorial and Crossroads Art District of Kansas City to raise awareness of the devastation that the disease of addiction can cause and the REALITY AND POWER OF RECOVERY! After the walk, stay to celebrate with live music, guest speakers and plenty of family fun activities.
This event was planned as a tribute to Michael Johnson, a special young man who lost his life in February of this year after battling his fight with addiction. Michael was the son of Mary Beth Johnson, the former Director of the ATTC National Office.
Mary Beth touched many lives throughout her fifteen years at the ATTC. At Mike’s memorial service in Kansas City, the ATTC National Office, in collaboration with NCADD’s local office “First Call”, the Missouri Recovery Network (MRN) and the Kansas City chapter of FAVOR, made the announcement that this year’s Inaugural Midwest Recovery Month event would be named in his honor.
Raising awareness, helping promote public understanding of addiction and recovery, providing hope for those still suffering, establishing unity and celebrating recovery is our goal. This is an event for all members of the KC community~ those celebrating their recovery, those celebrating recovery of a friend or loved one, those who support recovery and those who are in need of the hope of recovery.
For more information, including registration and volunteer opportunities, visit www.kcrecoverywalk.org
2010 Regional Recovery Fest
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Redman Creek Recreation Area
Lake Wappapello, Missouri
The Regional Recovery Network in southeast Missouri is hosting their Third Annual Recovery Fest on September 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redman Creek Recreation Area in Lake Wappapello, MO. The public is invited to attend this exciting event featuring speakers, live music, games, free food and family fun. Several informational booths will be on site with resources regarding prevention, treatment, and recovery.
For more information, please contact Austin Montague at (573) 686-3892.
Check Out The New Recovery Resource Website!
This website contains the full text of more than 200 articles, 5 monographs, 30+ recovery tools, 9 book chapters, 3 books, and links to an additional 12 books written by William White and co-authors over the past four decades. The purpose of this site is to create a single location where such material may be located by those interested in the history of addiction treatment and recovery in the United States. Those papers selected for inclusion contain all of the articles and monographs authored by William White on the new recovery advocacy movement, recovery management and recovery-oriented systems of care. It is hoped that this resource library will serve present and future generations of addiction professionals, recovery coaches and recovery advocates.
CLICK HERE
A&E Missouri Recovery Delegate
The Missouri Recovery Network is proud to join the A & E Network, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.(NCADD), Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR), Partnership for Drug-Free America (PDFA), National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), and the 2010 Recovery Month Planning Partners for the Third Annual Recovery Delegate Program, September 24-26, 2010.
A&E created the Recovery Delegate Program in 2008 to help bring national attention to addiction and recovery and to honor individuals from every state who personified successful recovery. The Missouri Recovery Network is joining this effort to help expand the Recovery Delegate Program and generate increased awareness for addiction and recovery both here in Missouri and across the country. We are looking for individuals who have been in recovery for 10+ years and are active in their local recovery communities. The delegate application is now on-line through May 28 and can be accessed at www.therecoveryproject.com/delegates. Selected delegates will:
Represent their state at a National Recovery Rally event on September 25, 2010
Receive complimentary airfare and hotel from September 24-26, 2010
Lead the procession of thousands of recovery community members
Have their stories of recovery highlighted to the local/national media
Provide year-round content for the Recovery Project Face book page (e.g. video updates, blogs, pictures, etc)
MRN would like to encourage all eligible individuals to submit their personal stories of recovery to www.therecoveryproject.com/delegates for the chance to represent Missouri at this year's Rally. All applicants must be in recovery for 10+ years and be active in the promoton of addiction and recovery awareness locally and/or nationally.
Applications are being accepted through May 28, 2010, so be sure to apply today! Please pass this email along to any family, friends or colleagues who may be interested in applying as well. If you need additional information or assistance, please contact Angela Bonine at abonine@actmissouri.org or 877-669-2280.
MRN Offers Scholarships to Attend the 2010 DMH Consumer Conference Real Voices-Real Choices: Speaking For Ourselves
August 22-24, 2010
Tan-Tar-A Resort and Conference Center, Osage Beach, MO
The Missouri Mental Health Foundation, Missouri Department of Mental Health Office of Transformation, and Missouri Department of Mental Health are proud to present this conference that specifically addresses the needs of persons either at risk of developing, or having mental illness, substance abuse and addictive disorders, and/or developmental disabilities. The DMH has taken a vested interest in how consumers and family members can help create a better mental health system by involving them in creating a system that fully meets the consumers' needs and empowering them to be future leaders.
Any consumer or family member of someone who has received alcohol and/or drug abuse services may apply for the MRN Scholarships. Members of the Missouri Recovery Network will receive first priority. This scholarship will pay for an individual's conference registration fee, one standard sleeping room for two nights (22 & 23), and meals included with the conference as stated in the conference brochure.
Scholarship applications must be received at the MRN office by June 21, 2010. Applications received after this date will not be accepted.
For a copy of the MRN Scholarship Application, click here.
For a copy of the DMH Real Voices-Real Choices Brochure, click here.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the MRN, or if you need additional information or assistance, you may contact the Missouri Recovery Network at abonine@actmissouri.org or call us at 1-877-669-2280.
Get Involved!!
Join one of the MRN Committees
The MRN would like to invite our members, allies, and stakeholders to get ACTIVELY involved in our statewide advocacy efforts. We know our members have lots of great ideas and we would like to encourage and engage each of you to get involved and share those ideas with us. The MRN committees consist of: Education, Mobilizing the Local Recovery Communities, Resource Development, Public Policy/Advocacy and Marketing. To get involved, call us today at 877-669-2280 or email abonine@actmissouri.org
Regulations for Wellstone-Domenici Law in Effect!
Millions of Americans now have access to non-discriminatory care for addiction and mental illness under interim final regulations for the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Faces & Voices belongs to the Parity Implementation Coalition, which released a statement lauding this important next step.
Missouri Governor Nixon Proclaims September National Alcohol
and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in Missouri
September was the 20th Anniversary of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, the month that is set aside to CELEBRATE and bring awareness to those in recovery and those who helped them along their journey. The Missouri Recovery Network and the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Addiction, worked with the Governor’s staff to sign an official proclamation to commemorate this occasion. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon proclaimed September as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month for Missouri on September 23rd at the Missouri State Capitol with approximately 40 people in attendance. The Governor congratulated those in recovery and commended the efforts of their families and professionals who helped them achieve recovery. To view the proclamation, click here.
The ACT Missouri/Missouri Recovery Network hosted an Open House at their office immediately following the event at the Capitol.
The Advisor-Online:
A publication of Pathways including information on
mental health and substance abuse issues
Advocacy In Action: How to Contact Your Legislators
Find Your State Representative
Find Your State Senator
Missouri State Senate House District Map
Missouri State Senate Senatorial District Map
To contact Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon,
regarding your comments and concerns click here
Missouri Recovery Support Specialist (MRSS) Credential Now Available
This credential is designed to recognize the expertise of faith based and other individuals who have been providing recovery support services throughout Missouri.
Requirements and Application
Additional credentialing information can be found on the Missouri Substance Abuse Professional Credentialing Board website www.msapcb.com.
Additional trainings and credentials offered through the Missouri Substance Abuse Professional Credentialing Board
New Website Offers Tools to Assess and Address Drinking Risks
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has created a new website called "Rethinking Drinking," designed to help users define their drinking patterns and develop strategies and options for dealing with alcohol-related problems. This new website is part of a broader effort to increase understanding of the array of alcohol-related disorders.
On-Line Social Networking for the Recovery Community
In the Rooms is the most comprehensive online social network for the recovery community worldwide. This network is to Help, Inform, Touch, Connect, and Heal (H.I.T.C.H.) those already in recovery, seeking recovery, and the family and friends supporting recovery.
The Partnership for Drug Free America has online recovery stories: Life After: Stories of Hope and Healing. This site was established to give a voice to the struggles of addiction and to celebrate the thousands of stories of hope and recovery that we know are out there. Whether you're battling addiction yourself or are supporting someone else on their path toward recovery, we encourage you to read these stories of hope and share your story. Through real stories from real people, we can help shine a light on the realities of substance abuse. We can also provide an honest look at the challenges of recovery from addiction, while showing that life after addiction, is indeed, possible and real. Please share this site with others.
The Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, releases
The Burden of Substance Abuse on the State of Missouri
This document can be used as a valuable advocacy tool when talking with your elected officials on the impact substance abuse has on our state government.
Summary of Missouri State Spending on Substance Abuse and Addiction
The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State, and Local Budgets
DMH Seeks Mental Health Champions for 2011
The Department of Mental Health is seeking nominations for Mental Health Champions in 2011. The selection committee will be looking for examples of how individuals with mental illness, developmental disabilities, or substance abuse problems have overcome their challenges and whose actions and accomplishments exemplify commitment and courage in an effort to make life better for themselves and others in their communities.
The MRN would like to congratulate Earl Cobbins Sr. of Lee’s Summit, for winning the 2010 Mental Health Champion in the area of Substance Addiction this year.
There are many others out there in recovery who are an inspiration to others. They are doing exceptional things while overcoming their addiction.
The MRN encourages you to nominate an individual in recovery who inspires you and others. For more information on the nomination process, visit the DMH website. The deadline for submission of nomination forms is October 30, 2010.
State Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
The State Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is accepting applications for board members. The Council serves as an advisory body to the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ADA) and the division director on policy, prevention and treatment activities in the state of Missouri. If you are interested in making change happen, please complete an application and return to the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
ADA State Advisory Council Brochure
ADA State Advisory Council Membership Form
Faces and Voices of Recovery releases Recovery Bill of Rights
click here to view
SAMHSA Announces New Website
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the launch of a website dedicated to the advancement of prevention, treatment and recovery from substance use and mental health disorders.
The Partners for Recovery (PFR) website features news and documents on recovery, collaboration, stigma reduction, workforce development and leadership development.
The website also invites individuals, organizations and states working on recovery, stigma reduction, workforce development and leadership development issues in addiction prevention, treatment and mental health to share information about these activities so they can be made available more broadly through the website.
Click here to view SAMHSA's Partners for Recovery website
Working Definition of Recovery
Definition of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)
