The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery (MHARS) Board of Lorain County will host a 40-hour, in-person Peer Recovery Supporter training from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9-13 at the Amy H. Levin ...

This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney ...

When Alicia Doty was in a Shakopee prison for drug-related charges stemming from her methamphetamine addiction, volunteers who had once shared her experience visited during her 1 1/2-year sentence.

In her 2021 book Recovery Allies, author Alison Jones Webb describes the crucial role recovery allies play in addressing addiction in our communities. Jones Webb states that a “recovery ally is a ...

Bryan Davis’ addiction recovery story began in 1999, when he went to his first rehab. Davis, 59, spent 19 years in and out of recovery. “I thought I had it at one point, and then relapsed in 2007, and ...

Minda Brown is one of Olmsted County's 62 certified peer recovery specialists who help people navigate recovery from addiction. Kyros Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Minda Brown pours a glass of ...

New River Community and Technical College is holding Peer Recovery Support Specialist training Oct. 24-28 and 31, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the college’s Raleigh County Campus in Beaver. Peer Recovery ...

DETROIT — As Hannah Meissner hands sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and peanut butter sandwiches to drug users inside a mobile outreach van, she fears her job helping them stay alive — and break ...

Peer recovery specialists have been key to helping many people struggling with addiction, but Minnesota lawmakers are considering safeguards to prevent bad actors in a growing field that has had ...