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A Letter from Stephanie Campbell Dear Friends, As I write my first letter as Acting Executive Director of Friends of Recovery – New York (FOR-NY), I am both humbled and in awe of the journey that lies ahead. When the FOR-NY Board of Directors asked me to assume this role, images of the men and women who conceived, built and… Read More | | | |
2017 Stand Up for Recovery Advocacy Day - A Rousing Success! On Tuesday morning, February 28th, more than eight hundred friends of recovery from throughout New York State descended on Albany to call for increased Recovery Support Services (RSS) in their communities. They came by car load and bus load from counties near and far – Nassau, Suffolk, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Rockland, Columbia, Greene, Oneonta, Oneida… Read More | | | |
THRIVE! - Long Island's New Recovery Community & Outreach Center We’re delighted to report the grand opening of THRIVE, the first addiction recovery community and outreach center on Long Island. The center, operated by Family and Children’s Association in partnership with the Long Island Council on Alcohol & Drug Dependence (LICADD), the Long Island Recovery Association (LIRA), and Families in Support of Treatment (F.I.S.T), will… Read More | | | |
Stories of Recovery: Lori Teaney I am a young person in long-term recovery. What that means for me is that I have not had to have a drink or self-prescribed drug in four and a half years! I am a 28-year-old college undergraduate, an employee, a sister, a daughter, a friend, an advocate and a productive member of society today.…. Read More | | | |
Certified Recovery Peer Advocates / Recovery Coaching FUNDING BECOMING AVAILABLE!!!! Interested in obtaining funding to become a Certified Peer Recovery Advocate (CRPA)? This month’s column is for YOU! The Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) has announced there will be $250,000 (that’s about $500 per person) available to cover education/training, internship, testing & certification fees, including the cost of renewing the… Read More | | | |
FOR-NY Launches Brand New Website! All of us at Friends of Recovery – New York are delighted to announce the launch of our new website – FOR-NY.org. To say it’s been a long-time coming would be an understatement, but we hope that you and all those seeking and/or living in recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs will find… Read More | | | |
Turning Loss into Hope: Kristin Hoin In this issue of Recovery Talk we introduce you to Kristin Hoin, a mom who lost her beautiful daughter, Summer Smith, (herself the mother of three young boys) to the disease of addiction. In the two short years since Summer’s passing, Kristin has become a tireless advocate for recovery and as such, has found… Read More | | | |
Family Recovery Resource Guide: Coming Soon FAMILY RECOVERY In an effort to further its mission, FOR-NY has engaged families throughout NYS to support one another in Recovery. As a result of the information we collected during these sessions, we’ve developed a resource guide, a tool kit of sorts, to assist other families navigating the Recovery process. HOW IT CAME TOGETHER We… Read More | | | |
Pathways of Recovery: Wellbriety Recovery Talk recently had the opportunity to speak with New York City resident, Mr. Zuben Ornelas, about the Wellbriety pathway of recovery. By way of background, Mr. Ornelas is a Native American man with more than twenty years in recovery and a long-time member of a Wellbriety Circle in NYC. The Wellbriety Movement has its roots… Read More | | | |
Youth Clubhouses In this month’s Recovery Talk we introduce not one, but two new Youth Clubhouse programs serving the Otsego community. Our friends at FOR-DO recently partnered with the Family Resource Network to launch Club Odyssey – “A place to Belong for Young Adults in Otsego County” and The Clubhouse Project – “A Place to Belong for… Read More | | | |
RCO: New York Recovery Community Coalition The New York Recovery Community Coalition is a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) with a mission to educate the New York City and surrounding counties about the impact of addiction on individuals and families and the many pathways to recovery. Members are faith-based organizations and recovery/prevention programs that seek to strengthen communities by combining resources to… Read More | | | |
Support Recovery in New York State All great change begins at the local level. Please consider helping us bring recovery to every community in New York State by making a financial contribution to FOR-NY today. DONATE | | | Contact Us Friends of Recovery - New York
1529 Western Ave
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