For the past eight seasons, A&E has produced the Emmy® Award-Winning series Intervention, sharing stories of families affected by addiction. More than 22 million Americans struggle with addiction. Millions more - family members, friends and colleagues - are touched by the disease.
Viewer response to Intervention has been extraordinary and the network has witnessed both the impact of addiction and the possibility for recovery. Inspired by our work on the series and in the community, A&E created The Recovery Project to break the stigma of addiction and raise awareness that addiction is a treatable disease and that recovery is possible.
Recovery Walks! is more than a stroll around Bushnell Park. Each year, more than 2000 people get together to show the people who live in Connecticut that recovery is possible. This gives hope to those needing recovery, it reduces the stigma in society towards recovered persons, and it makes our legislators and public officials more aware of the needs of our community.
Without our sponsors, this walk would not be possible. So CCAR wishes to thank all the sponsors listed to the right who have generously donated their time, money, and good will to the Recovery Walks! event this year.
If you have not become a sponsor, please make the choice to do something for all those who need recovery. Your donations help CCAR continue all the work we are doing in our four recovery centers across the state. We have helped literally thousands of people. Someday one of those persons may be a loved one of yours. Please ensure that CCAR will be there if that need ever comes!
Visit our Recovery Walks! page again and find out how you can help!

Havens of Hope



Connecticut Behavioral Health Partnership

Recovery Network of Programs, Inc.



ASAM – American Society of Addiction Medicine






Shift LLC

Alcohol & Drug Recovery Centers, Inc.

Stepping Stone House

William Leary, CCAR Board of Directors

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

High Watch Recovery Center
Hogar Crea International of CT

High Watch Recovery Center


The Wilson Company of Connecticut

Richard and Dolores Valentine
John Potvin
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Substance Abuse Action Council SAAC,
a division of Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc.

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA)



CT Association For Addiction Professionals, CAAP

Charles S. Carillo Agency, Inc.

SERAC – Southeastern CT Regional Action Council


Richard Vannie
MCCA-Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism
Theodore Heiser
Lori Szczygiel
MCCA-Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism

Laura Baker- “In Memory of Allan Baker”


Carmon Community Funeral Homes

Judith Stonger, CCAR Board of Directors
Tony Taschner, Former CCAR Board of Directors
New England Health Care Employees Union
Kathryn and John Reynolds
Community Prevention and Addiction Services, Inc.

Alpha Prison and Community Ministry, Inc
Mary Painter, CCAR Board of Directors
Dwight Wyatt

Stephen Merritt
(SINA) Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, Inc.

Rosann Rafala, CCAR Board of Directors


Stephen Merritt
Richard Lucibello


SCADD-Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
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Birmingham Group Health Services


O’Malley, Deneen, Leary, Messina & Oswecki
Anonymous Friends
Sharon McCracken
Bob Hauschulz
Steven Shapiro
James Connolly
R. C. deWinter
Eileen Casey
Robert Meehan