December 29, 2011 – 8:39 pm
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced a new working definition of recovery from mental and substance use disorders. The definition is the product of their year-long collaborative effort with the behavioral health care community and other specialized fields to explain the common, essential experiences of people in recovery.
The new [...]
December 17, 2011 – 8:09 am
Our vision of Action Group is getting clearer with each meeting! At our most recent meeting on December 13 we decided on five standing agenda items to keep us on track with our goals in the coming year:
Sharing
Making suggestions and giving input
Volunteer opportunities
Stigma
Leadership
You can read about the discussion leading us here in our December 2011 [...]
December 9, 2011 – 5:35 am
Many of you will remember the Recovery Band that played at our Recovery Celebration this past September in Traverse City, and last year in Houghton Lake. On December 9, they will be on a local Internet TV channel in Detroit called the Ralphe Armstrong Show! Mr. Armstrong is an internationally known jazz musician who decided [...]
November 30, 2011 – 6:06 am
This quarter’s newsletter Expect Recovery Vol. 3, Issue 3 December 2011 is now available. In it you’ll find the mini-conference and action group schedules for the year 2012, an introduction of the NLCMH peer support specialists, and more!
