Initiative of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Encourage your local government officials to sign an official proclamation that designates September as National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month). When local officials publicly sign such a statement, public attention is drawn to your Recovery Month events and activities, and the community as a whole recognizes that local governments are committed to improving citizens' access to treatment programs for alcohol and drug use disorders. Proclamations can be issued by governors, state legislatures, municipalities, counties, cities, or towns.
We would like to acknowledge your efforts and post your proclamation on our Web site. Please mail the original signed or a copy of the signed proclamation to: Office of the Director, Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Room 2-1062, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. You can also email a copy of the signed proclamation in a high resolution jpeg file to recoverymonth@samhsa.hhs.gov. We will scan and post it for you. Please note that you will not receive the proclamation back. Thanks for your support.
The Recovery Month effort aims to promote the societal benefits of alcohol and drug use disorder treatment, laud the contributions of treatment providers and promote the message that recovery from alcohol and drug use disorders in all its forms is possible.
Materials and events posted on the National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) Web site are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
