Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. The event is held each year on August 31, one day ahead of National Recovery Month. The mission of Overdose Awareness Day is to “raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related death.” Substance Use Disorder and drug overdose deaths are prominent in communities across the United…
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” is a campaign by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a subdivision of the United States Department of Transportation. In 2020, National Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaigns will occur between August 19 and September 7. During this time, the administration will air anti-drunk- driving advertisements, as…
Lynn Taylor is the Director of Operations at Serenity House Detox Center in Houston, Texas. Originally from central Texas just outside of Austin, Taylor recalls growing up in a home where drinking was commonplace. “I come from a long line of drinkers,” he said. “I started drinking around 15 or 16, and began using…
Amatus Recovery Centers COO Michael Silberman and Midwest Recovery Centers CEO Matt Bell were featured on WJZ 13 in Baltimore to discuss the Amatus Recovery Centers Social Justice Scholarship. Amatus is granting $750,000 worth of scholarships for individuals in the Black community who don’t have treatment resources available to them. Also featured in the story…
Joe Difabio is the Director of Business Development for Atlanta Center for Mental Health and Atlanta Detox Center. Originally from Fulton County, Georgia, Difabio grew up in a violent and abusive household. Most of the time he felt insecure and unhappy. At 12, he discovered that drugs and alcohol changed those feelings. Although his…
Geoffrey Hyser is the Director of Operations at Serenity House Detox Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Hyser grew up in South Florida, where drug use was prevalent in his household. He remembers his father smoking pot throughout his childhood. When he was about 12, his parents divorced, and he began using cocaine with his…
Dan Cotter is the Outreach Coordinator for Blueprint Recovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire. Growing up in a suburb of Boston, Cotter says he had a happy upbringing. He had two older sisters; his parents are still together; there were no issues in his family with drugs and alcohol. Yet. “If you could put a…
Awakenings Recovery Center was featured in Hagerstown’s Herald-Mail Media on Sunday, as they will participate in an Addiction Recovery event hosted by Washington County Recovers on Wednesday August 5. Read the whole article here.
Alexandra Horan is a Regional Outreach Coordinator for Atlanta Center for Mental Health and Atlanta Detox Center in Riverdale, Georgia. Originally from New Jersey, Horan began drinking and using drugs at age 15. She got sober just one month after her 21st birthday. “I couldn’t use successfully, ever,” she said. Consequences of Drinking and Using…
15 years can feel like a lifetime. Profound changes can occur in our thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and actions. This is most certainly true for Amatus Recovery Centers COO Michael Silberman, who celebrates 15 years of continuous sobriety on July 28. “I’m very lucky that it was ingrained in me that this will turn into…