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RECOVERY SERIES ONE - The Healing Power of Recovery- $19.99
3 powerful programs on one DVD!
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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. Produced by Jim Mattingly of RapidExposure, LLC.

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.

PATHOwning and Operating A Recovery House - $30.00

Written by experts Terri O'Connell and Bob Whitman, this book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about opening and operating a PATH-Type Therapeutic Home for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery.

About the authors:
Terri O’Connell is an attorney in West Hartford, Connecticut. Her inspiration for this research came from the memory of her brother, and People Advocating Therapeutic Homes, Inc. (PATH).

Bob Whitman is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He is the founder and chairman of People Advocating Therapeutic Homes, Inc. (PATH).

 

Here's a look at the table of contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Purpose of this Manual 1
1.2 Research Methods 1
1.3 The Value of PATH-Type Homes 2
1.4 The Homeowner – The Soul of the PATH-Type Home 3
1.5 A Comparison of PATH-Type Homes & the Oxford House Model 6
CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEWOF PATH-TYPE HOMEOWNERSHIP 9
A. A Unique Business Opportunity 9
2.1 Commitment 10
2.2 The Market for Residents 11
2.3 Resident Qualifications 12
2.4 Qualifying Potential Residents 14
2.5 House Rules – Selection and Implementation 15
2.6 Common House Rules 17
2.7 Noncompliance with House Rules 20
2.8 Eviction 22
B. Regulation of PATH-Type Homes 23
2.9 Federal Regulations 24
2.9.1 The Landlord Conundrum 25
2.9.2 Avoiding Discrimination Issues 26
2.9.3 Providing Reasonable Accommodations for Potential Residents 28
2.9.4 Evicting Residents Under Federal Regulations 29
2.10 Connecticut State Regulations 30
2.11 Local Regulations 36
C. Business Formation and Registration 38
CHAPTER 3: SELECTING A SITE FOR A PATH-TYPE HOME 43
3.1 Zoning Considerations 43
3.2 Town Ordinances and Codes 44
3.3 Location, Location, Location 45
3.4 Structure and Layout of the Home 46
3.5 Condition of the Home 47
3.6 Timing the Home Purchase 47
CHAPTER 4: PREPARING TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS 45
4.1 Financing Basics 45
4.2 Potential Sources of Financing 47
4.3 Preparing a PATH-Type Home for Business 49
4.4 The House Manager 52
4.5 Hiring Professionals 53
4.6 Unexpected Death and Contingency Planning 54
CHAPTER 5: LEGAL AND MARKETING STRATEGIES 55
5.1 Legal Issues 55
5.2 Marketing Strategy 56
CHAPTER 6: CASH FLOW 61
6.1 Cash Flow and Financial Statements 61
6.2 A Simple Cash Flow Scenario 62
6.2.1 Start-Up Phase Assumptions 63
6.2.2 Operations Phase Assumptions 65
6.2.3 Simple Two Year Cash Flow Projection Scenario 67
Exhibit 1 – Simple Cash Flow Projections for Year 1 68
Exhibit 2 – Simple Cash Flow Projections for Year 2 69
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 – Interview Outline 71
Appendix 2 – Drug Usage in Connecticut 73
Appendix 3 – Internet Resources 75
Appendix 4 – Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants 77
Appendix 5 – Recovery Housing Coalition Standards 79
Appendix 6 – State Statutes and State Laws of Interest 83

healing power videoSlaying the Dragon - $19.99

The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America
William L. White

William (“Bill”) White is a Senior Research Consultant at Chestnut Health Systems, past-chair of the board of Recovery Communities United and a volunteer consultant to Faces and Voices of Recovery. He has a Master’s degree in Addiction Studies from Goddard College and has worked full time in the addictions field since 1969 as a streetworker, counselor, clinical director, trainer and researcher. Bill has authored or co-authored more than 300 articles, monographs, research reports and book chapters and 15 books. His book, Slaying the Dragon - The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America, received the McGovern Family Foundation Award for the best book on addiction recovery. Bill’s sustained contributions to the treatment field in the United States have been acknowledged by awards from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, NAADAC: The Association of Addiction Professionals, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the Native American Wellbriety Movement. His widely read papers on recovery advocacy are published in the book Let’s Go Make Some History: Chronicles of the New Addiction Recovery Advocacy Movement. He has also recently published two seminal monographs: Recovery Management and Recovery-oriented Systems of Care: Scientific Rationale and Promising Practices and Peer-based Addiction Recovery Support: History, Theory, Practice and Scientific Evaluation.

The product of more than 20 years of research, Slaying the Dragon is the remarkable story of America’s personal and institutional responses to alcoholism and other addictions. It is the story of mutual aid societies: the Washingtonians, the Blue Ribbon Reform Clubs, the Ollapod Club, the United Order of Ex-Boozers, the Jacoby Club, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Women for Sobriety. It is a story of addiction treatment institutions from the inebriate asylums and the Keely Institutes to Hazelden and Parkside. It is a story of evolving treatment interventions that range from water cures and mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies and methadone maintenance. Author William White provides a sweeping and engaging history of one of America’s most enduring problems and the profession that was born to respond to it. You can read many of Bill White's papers here. Or visit Bill's website: http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/.

healing power videoTOWARD A RECOVERY-ORIENTED SYSTEM OF CARE - $19.99

60min., DVD by William L. White
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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 read many of Bill White's papers here. Or visit Bill's website: http://www.williamwhitepapers.com/.

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Legacy of Hope: Recovery Elders Video Project

12-DVD Set plus one bonus DVD (total of 13 DVD's) - $99.00

The mission of this project is to record for history, in a video documentary format, the lives and recovery stories of people in ultra long-term recovery. CCAR believes that our stories of recovery are our prize possessions. None are richer, more laden with history, more chock full of wisdom, than those of people with ultra-long term recovery. We’re talking people with 25 or more years. Sadly, when these people pass away, their stories are often reduced to memories. Produced by Jim Mattingly of RapidExposure, LLC.

CCAR created the Recovery Elders Video Projerct to preserve in a digital video format, the stories of our recovery elders for future generations so that they may leave behind a profound and powerful legacy, a Legacy of Hope. Each 30-plus minute DVD consists of an interview with one of the elders, interviews with family members and friends if available, photos from the elder’s life if available, and footage of places of interest and more when appropriate.

Legacy of Hope: Recovery Elders Video Project: The mission of this project is to record for history, in a video documentary format, the lives and recovery stories of people in ultra long-term recovery. CCAR believes that our stories of recovery are our prize possessions. None are richer, more laden with history, more chock full of wisdom, than those of people with ultra-long term recovery. We’re talking people with 50 or more years. Sadly, when these people pass away, their stories are often reduced to memories. If we’re lucky they may have spoken at a conference where their story was captured on an audiocassette. CCAR created the Recovery Elders Video Project to preserve in a digital video format, the stories of our recovery elders for future generations so that they may leave behind a profound and powerful legacy, a Legacy of Hope. Each 30-minute video will consist of an interview with the elder, interviews with family members and friends, photos from the elder’s life, supporting documents, B-roll footage of places of interest and more. The first 5 videos are made possible through a grant by the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and will be reproduced and distributed to every recovery house in Connecticut free of charge. The elder will also receive 25 copies of their video to distribute as they see fit. CCAR will also send copies to archives, museums, treatment agencies and the general public at a nominal fee to help cover production costs.