RECOVERY SERIES ONE • 2003
3 powerful programs on one DVD!

THE HEALING POWER OF RECOVERY: Would it be possible to capture the healing power of recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions on video? This was the question CCAR asked after the tremendous healing experience of Recovery Walks! 2001, held just five days after the now infamous 9/11. On September 16, 2001, over 2000 people gathered at Bushnell Park in Hartford and initially shared with one another their confusion and grief over the tragedy. Yet, as the day progressed, the hope and resiliency of recovery surfaced and brought the walk experience into a dimension of quiet determination and community healing. We wondered if we could somehow portray this “healing power” on video…we now have the answer, "Yes! In English with Spanish and French subtitles. (see below for some of the participants of this program).

PUTTING A FACE ON RECOVERY: For the most part, society sees the alcoholic and the addict, the person who is still suffering, the person causing crime and being a burden to their family and society. Rarely, do they see people in recovery. Too often those in recovery are misunderstood, passed over, or distrusted because of the stigma of addiction. Society does not see that thousands upon thousands of people in recovery are working, paying taxes, voting, raising families, and involved in the community. People in recovery have tended to blend back into society where their collective voice has not been heard…until now. CCAR members courageously stepped forward to tell their stories and “put their face and voice on recovery”. Their stories are all about the hope, power and strength of recovery.

RECOVERY WALKS! Every year since 2000, CCAR has sponsored a walk in Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT in support of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. With the numbers increasing each and every year, CCAR is building this to be one of the largest interventions of hope ever hosted anytime, anyplace or anywhere. This short video shows how over 3000 people can have a powerful impact on removing the stigma associated with addiction and recovery.

THE HEALING POWER OF RECOVERY - 30min VHS
1 Program Only, Available in English as well as with Spanish or French subtitles. Please see above of a description of this very timely video. Below are only a few of over 15 featured speakers.

From left to right: Stacia Murphy, President, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, Inc., New York, NY • Rick Sampson, former Director of Faces and Voices of Recovery, Alexandria, VA, and June Gertig, Project Director of Health Systems Research, Inc, Washington DC.

From left to right: Susan Rook, former Director of Faces and Voices of Recovery, Alexandria, VA • Thomas Kirk, Ph.D, Commissioner, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services • Don Coyhis, Project Director, White Bison, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO

TOWARD A RECOVERY-ORIENTED SYSTEM OF CARE
60min VHS by William L. White. A conference given in Washington, DC

Addiction had been characterized as a chronic disease for more than 200 years, but it continues to be treated like a broken arm or a bacterial infection via brief, emergency-oriented interventions. In this presentation, William White calls for shifting addiction treatment from this model of acute intervention to a model of sustained recovery management. This alternative model wraps traditional treatment in a more vibrant continuum of pre-recovery, recovery initiation and recovery maintenance support services and explores the use of peer models of recovery support as an adjunct to existing addiction treatment.

This presentation summarizes and discusses potential benefits and pitfalls of this alternative model of care.

You can email Bill White.

My mailing address is 3479 Shawn Street, Port Charlotte, FL 33980.

You can order Slaying the Dragon at a 40% discount by calling 888-547-8271and telling them you want the recovery advocacy organization discount. The book usually sells for $20 which means you will get them for $12 and can sell them for $20 with proceeds going to CCAR.

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I don't have any idea what you should charge for the tape and would be happy not receiving royalties with the understanding that proceeds from its sale would go to CCAR. If this will not be a CCAR product, than let me know and I'll give the royalty question some thought.

PUTTING A FACE ON RECOVERY
60 Minute VHS

For the most part, society sees the alcoholic and the addict, the person who is still suffering, the person causing crime and being a burden to their family and society. Rarely, do they see people in recovery. Too often those in recovery are misunderstood, passed over, or distrusted because of the stigma of addiction. Society does not see that thousands upon thousands of people in recovery are working, paying taxes, voting, raising families, and involved in the community. People in recovery have tended to blend back into society where their collective voice has not been heard…until now. CCAR members courageously stepped forward to tell their stories and “put their face and voice on recovery”. Their stories are all about the hope, power and strength of recovery.