Kicking off Recovery Month!

Yo yo, blogosphere.

September is recovery month, so here's what your folks at Project Hope/Proyecto Esperanza and Catholic Charities at large will be doin'!

PARTAY, RI Recovery style.

There are games afoot (in a good way of course). My friend Brendan always accuses me of misusing that word (afoot), just as amigo Ben dislikes how I refer to future events using the word "circa".

Anyhoo, check out the cool events going this month. The first one starts tomorrow at the West Warwick Senior Center, circa 11am.

The schedule below was stolen from Closing the Treatment Gap RI's blog (CATG).

Before we get there, though, do you know what treatment gap is? Well, it's the alarmingly large difference between the number of people struggling with drugs or alcohol and the number of people who actually access the treatment they both need and deserve. According to CATG, only 12% of the 100,000 people struggling with addiction in RI receive treatment. AHHH!

Let's do something about it. Here's a start:

• September 1st - Recovery Month Kickoff - Quilt Event- 11:00 AM - West Warwick Senior Community Center (Washington St.)

• September 11th - 8th Annual Rhode Island Rally for Recovery - 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Roger Williams Memorial National Park - North Main Street (Corner of Canal Street & Park Row) - Providence.

• September 14th - F.I.R.E. Recovery Month Event at Public Square Days - 11:30 AM - Burnside Park, Kennedy Plaza, Providence

• September 15th - RICAODD Annual Dinner - 6:00 PM

• September 16th - ARI Patient Appreciation Celebration

• September 17th - CTR Recovery Month Celebration - 9:00 AM

• September 24th - Recovery Month Awareness Day at Providence Center School

• September 25th - Amos House Friendship Cafe Recovery Month Celebration with Recovery All Stars - 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM.

Links to click, because you should. Yup, that was a normative statement.

Rally 4 Recovery Events in RI - flyers and such! POST 'EM EVERYWHERE!

Rhode Island Rally 4 Recovery Website - It's perty!