SPOTLIGHT: Chautauqua County (NY) Affiliate Contest Awards Winners
Chautauqua County Students do their part to make a difference. Nearly 200 Chautauqua County students did their part to raise alcoholism awareness this year. One walked away $100 richer last March with more recognition on the way. Sherman Central School junior Julia...
Learn moreSeptember is National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. The observance's main focus is to laud the gains...
Learn moreA Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann - The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous
The little-known life of Marty Mann rivals a Masterpiece Theatre drama. She was born into a life of wealth and privilege, sank to the lowest depths of poverty and despair, then rose to inspire thousands of others, especially women, to help themselves. The first woman to achieve long-term sobriety in Alcoholics Anonymous, Marty Mann advocated...
Learn moreNCADD Affiliate Hosts Record Crowd for 2011 Recovery Walk!
R. Gil Kerlikowske joins Robert J. Lindsey (right) at the Recovery Walks! 2011 in Philadelphia. Neither threat of rain nor grey skies could deter more than 15,000 people who turned out at Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing for Recovery Walks! 2011, an annual walk in celebration of those in recovery from addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs. The...
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