Recovery Fest

Description

In observance of National Recovery Month, Recovery Fest 2018 will be a day filled with fellowship, food, music, kids' activities, inspiring stories of recovery and more! National Recovery Month is held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life.

There are millions of Americans whose lives have been transformed through recovery. Since these successes often go unnoticed by the broader population, Recovery Month provides a vehicle for everyone to celebrate these accomplishments. Each September, tens of thousands of prevention, treatment, and recovery programs and facilities around the country celebrate Recovery Month. They speak about the gains made by those in recovery and share their success stories with their neighbors, friends, and colleagues. In doing so, everyone helps to increase awareness and furthers a greater understanding about the diseases of mental and substance use disorders.

The observance reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, people can and do recover. Recovery is a new beginning, not an end.