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Recovery Lessons from US Cities

Peter Rainford

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www.peterrainford.wordpress.com Contains 40 film clips plus blog posts from my

Churchill Fellowship in the USA

In Feb 2011 an interactive report of my

fellowship, including over 100 film clips and links

to all project visited, will be available to view and

download from the website



40 Film clips can be viewed @ www.peterrainford.wordpress.com



Contents

The New RecoveryMovement

Peer led Recovery

Centres in Action Telephone Recovery

Support

Recovery Centre

Lessons Advocacy & Peer

Support

Specialist Services

Leadership & servicetransformation in

Philadelphia 4 Quick wins

Pioneers

Credits & Thanks



The New Recovery Movement

William Whiteputs the new US

Recoverymovement in itshistorical context

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/the-new-recovery-movement-%E2%80%93-william-white/



Features of the New Recovery Movement

There are many pathways to Recovery & all area cause for celebration - Co-operation

Recovery is a voluntary, individual, self directed journey

Recovery is a reality and it¶s contagious Recovery should be available to anyone

Put a face on recovery and widen the gatewayinto it20 million Americans in Recovery - rather than ³celebrity rehab´)

Services must change to provide choice andindividual support (both acute and long term)The Recovery community must be at the heart of these changes

A Recovery Bill of Rights



Peer Led Recovery

Centres in Action

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/every-city-should-hav-one-bridgeport-fil

/

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/what-can-we-do-to-help-you-in-your-recovery/



Telephone Recovery Support

Began in Connecticut

in 2005 with 22

recipients

1,100 people enrolledlast year

4,000 people received

service since 2007

Weekly Recovery

support phone call

Made by Recovery

peers (voluntary buttrained)

Offered to everyone

leaving treatment

At 12 weeks post treatment TRS

sobriety rate is 82%



Recovery Centre Lessons

Phil Valentine &William White say

that theleadership

MUST

come from people

in recovery http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/10/

30/phil-valentine-on-setting-up-a-recovery-community-centre/

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/william-white-on-community-recovery-centres/



Advocacy & Peer Support

³A RecoveryCommunityCentre is not

treatment, nor is it just peer supportservices´

Pat Taylor Faces & voices of Recovery

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/recovery-support-and-advocacy-in-washington-dc/



PRO-ACT - Pennsylvania Recovery

Organization-Achieving Community Together



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Five strategies to support our belief & Five

volunteer-driven committees with common goals:

AmendsIn Action

EducatingThe

Community

Recreation&

Celebration

PublicPolicy

RecoverySupport

Services

R educe stigma, Give back to community &

Build relationships with different populations



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Family works together to reduce stigma

Habitat

For

Humanity

Amends in Action



13

Suitcases for Kids

The whole communitybought into project

Minimal time & effort

Easily duplicated inother areas

Amends in Action



14

Family Education Program:

One of PR OOne of PR O--ACT¶s first outreachACT¶s first outreacheffortsefforts ± ± started in 2001.started in 2001.

It is an education program forIt is an education program forfamilies of those addicted to alcoholfamilies of those addicted to alcoholor other Provides a direct serviceor other Provides a direct serviceneeded within communityneeded within community

Volunteers act as educators andVolunteers act as educators andmentorsmentors

Project can be duplicated in otherProject can be duplicated in otherareasareas

Reduces stigma & increasesReduces stigma & increasesunderstanding of diseaseunderstanding of disease

drugs3 session programdrugs3 session program-- runsrunsmonthly in 6 sites throughoutmonthly in 6 sites throughoutSoutheast PASoutheast PA

E ducating the Community



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Activities have included:

Recovery Day

Picnic

New Year¶s

Eve

Comedy Show

Tree of Hope

Recovery

Walks!!

Baseball

Initiative

Celebration/Recreation Committee



Recovery Walk 2010



17

National Night Out¶s Baseball Initiative




18

Tree of Hope


Doug Gould presents Dan Haigh with the Tom Nelson Award for exceptional work as a volunteer



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Members will

meet

with legislators& attend rallies

Help run a

voter

RegistrationCampaign

PR O-ACT

Members

serve on Consumer

Boards

Plan Legislator¶s

Breakfast

Peer

Leadership

Academy

P ublic P olicy Committee

Hold focus

groups &identify issues

through

consumer

satisfaction

surveys

Sit in on Policy

meetings



Public Policy work

Peer Leadership

Academy- trains

zip code leaders

on a collegeaccredited course

Sitting in on

Senate hearings



Philly Recovery Centre Services

Recovery planning

Recovery coaching

Computer skills building/job skills

Assistance in finding housing, educational, job readiness,employment opportunities

Assistance in building constructive family and personalrelationships

12 ongoing Life skill building programs

Health and wellness activities

Assistance managing systems (e.g., health care, criminal justice,child welfare)

Alcohol and drug-free social/recreational activities

Spiritual/faith-based support

Discussion groups



Women¶s Services

Power Inside

Baltimore

New Pathways for Women

Women House of

HUGS Chances



Veterans Services

Samaritan VillageNew York

What began as a veterans cluband a special group has nowgrown into two, innovativetreatment programs providingspecialized services to 98male veterans.

A specialist women¶s veteranstreatment programme has justopened



LGBT Services

Centre CareRecovery

New York GayCenter

LGBT services inPhiladelphia

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/recovery-rainbow-lgbt-recovery-services-new-york/

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/recovery-rainbow-lgbt-recovery-services-new-york/



Leadership & Service

Transformation in Philadelphia Personal Recovery Planning

Asset based

Chronic not acute Choice from menu of services

People in Recovery at heart of service design and delivery

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/transformng-philadelphia%E2%80%99s-recovery-services-why-what-how/

http://peterrainford.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/a-gift-from-philadelphia%E2%80%A6-and-an-offer-of-

help/



³I used to drive the

bus. Now I just sit at

the back and pay for the gas´

Dr Roland LambDirector of Addiction Recovery

Services Philadelphia



And Also«

Drug Courts

NIJ¶s Multi state Adult

drug court evaluation

Moral Reconation

Therapy

Re-integration

programmes NewYork

Recovery Housing

Oxford House

movement

University of Chicago

study

TRS study (CT)

Recovery houserating



4 Quick Wins

1. 3 things a friend would say you are good at

2. Trees of Hope & rocks of inspiration3. Telephone Recovery Support

4. Recovery Wristband



³By hiding our recovery we

have sustained the most

harmful myth about addiction

disease- that it is hopeless. And without the example of

recovering people it is easy for

the public to continue to think

that the victims of addiction

disease are moral

degenerates« We are the

lucky ones, the ones who got

well. And it is our responsibility

to change the terms of the

debate for the sake of those

who still suffer.´Former US Senator Harold Hughes



A Big Thank you to:

The Winston ChurchillMemorial Trust for their funding

Everyone in the USwho made me so

welcome and gave sogenerously of their time

All those in the UKwho suggestedplaces, people &projects to visit andquestions to ask

Ellen Roach for

planting the seed

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