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Conference Season
Spring is here and that means Conference season is here with it! Allegheny County’s grassroots volunteer group, the Allegheny County Coalition for Recovery (ACCR), is hard at work strengthening their membership and presence in the community. The most effective way to do this has been showing up to conferences and events in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. ACCR has several key areas they shine a light on as it relates to wellness, mental health awareness and removing the stigma in recovery. Throughout the years, the coalition has...
read moreRecover House Letter to Stakeholders
DDAP has shared a letter to the Stakeholders outlining several key requirements of the recovery housing laws on PA – click this link to see the pdf. Recovery House Letter to Stakeholders
read moreTerry’s Recovery Story
What does recovery mean to you? Recovery means traveling a road that is bumpy and difficult with ups and downs as I develop go-to coping skills and support systems, but also a process that is well worth the time and energy because it offers hope that life can and will get better. What are your go to healthy coping skills? The “go-to” coping skill I use the most is reaching out to good friends whom I know will listen nonjudgmentally. More recently, I have added getting back into therapy to work through difficulties I have been experiencing....
read moreAfrican American Resource Guide
This resource guide was created out a need to connect the black community with providers and services in their own neighborhood and who also resemble the community. The link is below! With the African American Mental Health Resource Guide, we hope to help destigmatize mental health and normalize seeking help. The guide not only gives resources but it also provides information on common types of mental illness, statistics on black communities and mental health, the difference between the various mental health provider roles and how to access...
read moreHow to Start and Continue a Conversation
How to Start and Continue a Conversation about Mental Health
read moreGladys’s Recovery Story
Hello. My name is Gladys, and I have been an addict for years. My addiction started as a child. There was so much going on in my life as a child, so I started with cigarettes, and cigarettes took me to marijuana at the age of 13. There was so much going on in our household that made me feel unaccepted and I turned to sex. My first time out, I got pregnant. I have a son; I kept my child. Then I continued with the marijuana, and soon after I introduced alcohol. I then had a second child 3 and 1/2 years later. Having my second son at age 19...
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