Journey Toward Recovery
At Family & Children Services, we help more than 2,000 adults each year on the path toward recovery. This is, for many, a long path and one filled with daily challenges. For those who have not experienced drug and alcohol addition, it can be difficult to understand and to imagine.
The latter may be what makes research into addiction so intriguing and arresting. According to a recent article by Richard A. Friedman, M.D., in The New York Times:
"Who can experiment uneventfully with drugs and who will be undone by them results from a complex interplay of genes, environment and psychology."
One certainty is that addiction crosses socioeconomic lines, affecting people with abundant resources and those struggling to get by from day-to-day.
This September, the U.S. will recognize Recovery Month. While this will be an opportunity to tune into what resources are available and new trends, help is available year-round and individuals who are in recovery need support daily.
