Grassroots Advocacy: Addiction Recovery Support in New York State

• By: Robert J. Lindsey Friends of Recovery New York
• April 1st, 2017
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The recently released 413-page, Surgeon General’s Report, “Facing Addiction in America – Alcohol, Drugs & Health,” (the first report of its kind to focus on the public health crisis of addiction) is being compared to the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking credited with millions...

The Recovery Movement in New York State

• By: Laura Elliott-Engel, MA, CASAC-G, LMHC, CARC Friends of Recovery New York
• October 1st, 2013
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What an exciting time to work in behavioral health! Practitioners are in a new frontier of best practices based upon significant research that provides a growing understanding about brain disease and appropriate interventions in behavioral health and recovery. The growing strength and influence of...