CCAR News

Dear Recovery minded colleagues: I was asked to write a blog entry for CPDD about the need for recovery research. You cannot post a comment [unless you are a member of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence) unfortunately, but please consider 'sharing' and/or picking up some of the points when noting the need to build a a knowledge base about how people get well.
http://www.cpddblog.com/2011/12/recovery-is-increasingly-guiding.html

CCAR's Twinned Recovery Organization in England
Here’s a piece about the Newcastle recovery community center twinned after Hartford’s. I found this inspiring and encouraging…

Working Behind the Scenes
CCAR has been nationally recognized as an innovator in the effort to reduce stigma and effect positive change in politics and treatment.

THE FIX, a website which gives the "straight up" on addiction and recovery, recently did some research to find ten people in the country who have been the most influential in changing how the world looks at addiction, and offering solutions to this illness. To quote THE FIX, they sought "ten relatively anonymous pioneers who've had a profound impact on the recovery field".

Today we are humbled and proud to say that two people very close to CCAR have been named to that list. The first is William White, who has worked hand in hand with CCAR since the very beginning, published numerous articles and books, and been a great source of knowledge for all those making social and political decisions regarding recovery. The second, CCAR's current Executive Director, Phil Valentine. Phil's response? "How could you pick one person out of the thousands of people working on the frontline?”

See the full story.

Health Care Heroes: Phil Valentine is a finalist for the Healthcare Hero award by the Hartford Business Journal. The Health Care Heroes Awards identifies outstanding leaders in the health care industry who are the epitome of a "hero." Whether they are doctors, nurses, specialists or managers, join us in recognizing those individuals who embody the word "hero" and prove their excellence in helping others.

Steps taken toward establishing national association for recovery residences. Also see N.A.R.R.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has appointed Andrea Gaines of East Hartford as a member of the Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Gaines is a volunteer coordinator for the Hartford-based Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery. Read more

Diane Potvin from the Willimantic Recovery Center interviewed by Psychology Today

- Faces and Voices Mutual Aid

- See recent Connecticut Law Tribune article by William C. Leary "A Beacon of Light for Troubled Attorneys".

- William C. Leary, president of CCAR Board of Directors, wins award.

- CCAR on Eyewitness News 3

- Building A Bridge From Addiction To Recovery, by Phillip Valentine, Executive Director, Connecticut Community Addiction and Recovery Inc.

- CCAR hosts Recovery Coach Academy (from page 7 of their brochure) at the Massachusettes Recovery Project (see their full brochure)

- Bill Leary gets Honorary Degree Recipient from Providence College

- CCAR recognized as having an “unprecedented Internet presence for locating recovery housing”, second to last paragraph or article.

- Powerful Voices, A Message from the Office of the Commissioner

 

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