Todd
Crandell, who competed in his 12th Ironman World Championship in
October, has written a memoir, "Racing for Recovery: From Addict
to Ironman," and operates Racing
for Recovery, a foundation that organizes 5k races
nationally with addiction recovery as its theme — and goal.
The Recovery Network Foundation’s
Under the Influence: The Film Series
is moving to Chicago for a November 18 event that will include
awarding film critic Roger Ebert the 2006 Recovery Milestone
Award. The event is free, but
tickets
are required.
The
founders of Alcoholics Anonymous get the theatrical treatment in
“Bill
W. and Dr. Bob,” an Off-Broadway play that
previews Feb. 16, 2007, and opens March 5 at the New World
Theatre at 340 W. 50th St. in New York City. Tickets prices
range to $65, with discounts to $35 for groups; for each
performance there will be 20 seats for "pay what you got."
Find
out the signs of methamphetamine use and “homegrown” meth
production in an hour-long
broadcast from the
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.
Eye on the Field,
a monthly online magazine for practitioners, educators and
researchers in the treatment and prevention fields from the ATTC
(Addiction Technology Transfer Center) National Office, offers
the latest funding and research news, professional and upcoming
national events and conferences.
The
2005 National
Survey on Drug Use & Health offer the valuable data on substance use, treatment and
related problems in the U.S.
Watch a
webcast of California's first Recovery Ride in 2005.
Rally for Recovery!,
more than 40 events held in September from Maine to
Hawaii, marked the first nationwide turnout of people in
long-term recovery. Check out stories featured in
The Bangor Daily
News’ as part of the
Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery’s promotion of the
event.
Voter registration, get-out-the-vote activities, forums and
strategies for getting candidates on record about recovery
policies are all part of
FAVOR’s national
Recovery Community Civic Engagement Campaign.
More
than a dozen women completed
The Power of
Recovery Climb to the summit of
Washington State’s Mount Rainier in July, led by Eve Ruff, an
avid climber who began her own recovery from alcoholism four
years ago.
TV station
WKOW 27 tells the story of Aaron J.
Meyer, a 17-year-old in recovery who died in a 2005
car crash, and his parents’ efforts to open a safe,
clean and sober residence in his name for recovering
students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
through the
Aaron J. Meyer Foundation, Inc.
Protecting You/Protecting Me
moves into schools to reach
out to children before they enter sixth grade, when
substance abuse typically begins.
The
Art of Recovery Expo
– Dancing to the Music of
Life offers free workshops and exhibits,
focusing on education, resources and entertainment
annually at the Phoenix Convention Center.
A new
Gallup Poll
reports that Americans are
drinking more, with beer at the top of the list.
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment offers personal stories at
Voices for Recovery –
read and share your own.
A
landmark report from
the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
outlines the path to
successful treatment of drug abusers in the courts
to decrease both crime and substance abuse.
The Bangor Daily News’ weekly column,
Finding a Fix,
features readers who tell their stories
and have ongoing conversations about Maine's substance abuse
problem.
What’s your drinking personality? Experts explore the
differences in alcohol-induced behaviors at
WebMD.
Know Your Rights as you recover from addiction by
checking out a free pamphlet that answers questions on
discrimination, legal rights and more.
An expert national panel’s methods and
models to improve policies to deliver alcohol and drug
prevention and treatment resulted in the
Blueprint for the States,
from
Join Together.
Solving
Alcohol and Drug Problems,
a series of in-depth broadcasts as heard on Public
Radio, are available in MP3 downloads, audio CDs and
cassettes, and can be ordered from
HumanMedia.org.
bubblemonkey.com
(Spanish version
changobomba.com),
offers teens “accurate, anonymous information on
drugs,” including true stories, Q&As, trivia, screening
tests, and a “tattoo” creator.
Recovery is everywhere
helps fight the stigma of addiction with wristbands,
calendars, posters and a resource CD, available for
small donations.
PATS Teen Study:
The
Partnership for Drug-Free America’s
18th
annual study of drug use and attitudes among teens
reports an alarming number (one in five) are more
likely to have abused prescription and over-the
counter medications (one in 10) than a variety of
illegal drugs like Ecstasy, cocaine, crack and meth.
Daily Dose,
a drugs and alcohol news service, provides links to
a range of material from specialist groups and
popular media from around the world.
"A
Mother's Addiction," a seven-part series from
the Providence Journal, takes readers inside Rhode Island's Family Treatment Drug Court
to follow a mother who enters a bold new program to help
her stay off drugs so she can raise her infant daughter.
