Recovery Voices
What is the Recovery Advocacy Project?
Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP) is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit organization created to promote recovery from addiction and mental health disorders through sound policy and laws protecting the civil and human rights of those in or seeking recovery. RAP’s focus is leadership development, grassroots organizing, and mobilizing people in recovery, family members, allied organizations, and friends.
The recovery movement currently has organized national, state, and local agencies and organizations but we believe that a collective group must come together to make a difference. Our focus is nonpartisan and is to provide support at the local and statewide levels to bring about social change.
At its core, the Recovery Advocacy Project is a network of likeminded emerging community leaders and advocates. Our mission is to provide our community leaders and advocates with the training, infrastructure, and tools needed to force change from the ground up.
Actions
You can take right now!
Tell your legislators 100% of the opioid litigation dollars should be spent on recovery solutions!
Tell Your Governor: Stop Criminalizing Addiction & Mental Health
Tell your legislators to fund addiction recovery support services NOW!
Tell your governor to support mental health parity
End the discriminatory language in state codes and regulations
Join the Mobilize Recovery Facebook Group and connect with recovery leaders from across America
Introduce yourself to your state legislators
Tell your story and why you Stand Up 4 Recovery
Voice the issues that your community faces
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- @RecoveryAdvocacyProject
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We can end America’s long-standing addiction crisis, one community at a time. That’s why I’m taking the #standup4recovery pledge and joining the efforts at Recovery Advocacy Project. Take the pledge!
Recovery is the solution to addiction. That’s the message I'm sending my legislators. Join me and @recovery_voices contact your state legislators. #RecoveryMovement Urge them to make recovery a central focus: https://bit.ly/2kvkPHP
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- In celebration of the 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery, I’m joining the @recoveryadvocacyproject to promote positive recovery outcomes in my local community this. There should be no decisions about us, without us. Get involved. Add your name to the #standup4recovery pledge today: https://bit.ly/2m0Nipv
- Help the @recoveryadvocacyproject better understand how we can end addiction and inspire recovery in your community. Let’s work together and make recovery the epidemic. Take the survey today and get involved: https://forms.gle/qDwMssGgW8KXqwog9
- Change happens when we organize and get involved. I’m turning my words into action. Join me with the @recoveryadvocacyproject and urge your state legislators to make recovery a central issue and not a back-seat policy item. Our voices matter. Take action today and contact your legislators: https://bit.ly/2kvkPHP
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- We can end America’s long-standing addiction crisis, one community at a time. That’s why I’m taking the #standup4recovery pledge and joining the efforts at @recovery_voices. Take the pledge: https://bit.ly/2m0Nipv
- I’m standing up for recovery for my community and supporting @recovery_voices. Our voices are stronger together. Join our local coalition. Get involved: https://www.recoveryvoices.com/recovery-month/
- Recovery is the solution to addiction. That’s the message we need to send to our legislators. Join me with @recovery_voices & contact your state legislators. Urge them to make recovery a central focus, not a back-seat policy item: https://bit.ly/2kvkPHP
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Talking about addiction
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The leaders of the modern recovery movement ask us all to be thoughtful with the words we use around addiction and recovery. Some common terms, even those historically used by those in recovery, can reinforce stigma and even discourage people struggling with addiction from seeking treatment. Here are some that label people or inadvertently pass judgment, with advice on how to replace them with objective descriptions of symptoms or behaviors.
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A person with, or suffering from, addiction or substance use disorder.
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Neutral terms such as “resumed,” or experienced a “recurrence” of symptoms.
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Terms like “in remission or recovery”
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A person having positive test results or exhibiting symptoms of substance use disorder