Recovery Month Kit

This section offers audience-specific information about how substance use disorders, treatment, and recovery influence various groups. Here, you will find brief fact sheets, as well as links to more in-depth versions of these materials to use when reaching out to your community. In this section, you will find general overview materials and audience-specific information:

General Overview Materials

• Overview: Together We Learn, Together We Heal – A general overview about substance use disorders. You can provide this information to the general public at your Recovery Month events. Click here to view the more in-depth version.  Download PDF (878 KB)
• Commonly Misused Substances – Statistics and trends that are broken down by type of drug and can be useful to distribute to other organizations, such as mutual-aid group leaders. Other organizations can use this information for their own Recovery Month activities, as well as to educate their members year-round. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (642 KB)
• Treatment and Recovery – An overview of treatment and recovery options that can be useful for people with substance use disorders and their loved ones. You can distribute this document during Recovery Month and beyond to people who are seeking help. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (395 KB)
• Join the Voices for Recovery – A snapshot of real stories from people who have struggled with addiction and are on a path of long-term recovery. You can offer these vignettes to all audiences to share the realities of substance use disorders, treatment, and recovery. Download PDF (1498 KB)

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Audience-Specific Information

• Helping Educators Address Substance Use Disorders – This section contains useful information on how you can help students and their parents who are affected by substance use disorders. Use this to contact your local teachers and administrators’ unions and ask them to distribute this piece to other educators in your community. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (1914 KB)
• How Young Adults Can Help Themselves or Loved Ones Heal From Addiction – Send this information to local family support and other community groups that cater to young adults who are affected by substance use disorders. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (1320 KB)
• The Internet’s Role in Substance Use Disorders and Recovery Support – Review this to become educated on how online resources offer guidance for those thinking about getting help, those in recovery, and anyone trying to help a loved one into recovery. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (1313 KB)
• A Guide to Help Media Accurately Cover Substance Use Disorders – Distribute this guide to media outlets in your community to help them understand how crucial they are in conveying accurate accounts of addiction, treatment, and recovery. Click here to view the more in-depth version. Download PDF (434 KB)

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