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Celebrating Recovery Month
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Celebrating Recovery Month
Left: Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple
Welcome to FindTreatment.gov, the confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment for mental and substance use disorders in the United States and its territories.
Bienvenido a FindTreatment.gov, el recurso confidencial y anónimo para personas que buscan tratamiento para problemas de salud mental y de uso de sustancias en los Estados Unidos y sus jurisdicciones.
Additional Resources and References
How you talk about substance use and persons with substance use and mental health disorders will impact how they feel about themselves and whether they are "worthy" of treatment, and their willingness to reach out to you for help. Keep an open mind and be kind.
•Shatterproof – Change Your Language, video & downloadable Addiction Language Guide
•NIDA’s Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction
Free Narcan Training
Montgomery County Prevention and Harm Reduction offers free training for Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
Home medicine cabinets are often the first access to opioids and other drugs for youth. The safest thing to do is remove unused medications from your home by taking them to a drug take back event or to a drop box at any Montgomery County Police station, any time, any day of the year.
Never flush or dispose of medications in the trash.
Supporting MGP at the 2022 kickoff event. Stephanie Iszard, Dr. Pariticia Kapunan, Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight, then BOE President Brenda Wolff, MGP Lead Laura Mitchell, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy.
Then Council President Gabe Albornoz and County Executive present a proclamation to Laura Mitchell.
Rockville City Councilmember Beryl Feinberg, Board of Education Member Julie Yang, and County Councilmember Sidney Katz at Montgomery Goes Purple Kickoff 2022.
Delegate Jared Solomon and Laura Mitchell.
Our volunteers are amazing! We are all people with lived experience working to celebrate, support and sustain stigma free recovery year-round. "Each September, Recovery Month works to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible.
Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery from substance use and mental health, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease."
On August 29th, Montgomery Goes Purple will host the 3rd annual Recovery Month Launch in coordination with the 8th International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Ceremony & Vigil at Veteran's Plaza in Rockville.
Recovery Month is an international observance to celebrate recovery and encourage individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder to seek recovery. This annual event is meant to reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorders and promote treatment along with recovery.
"Provisional data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,543drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2023 —a decrease of 3% from the 111,029 deaths estimated in 2022. This is the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018."*
It is our goal to reduce harms and fatalities by reducing stigma, raising awareness, promoting prevention, encouraging harm reduction strategies and reaching out for help, ensuring equitable access to treatment, and supporting recovery.
Recovery Month prevention and recovery focused events and activities continue throughout the year. Your generous contributions will help us to reach more students and adults in September and all year long.
Thank you for your generous support!
*CDC Press Release, May 15, 2024: U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease in 2023, First Time Since 2018.
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