The Phoenix House IMPACT Program’s latest Community Meeting was devoted to the celebration of National Recovery Month.

Last year we were in the office watching a guy online who did a 1,300 mile walk from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. in honor of recovery month. I told my colleagues, “I could do that.” I really meant it, and they really believed me. Before, when I was still using, nobody would have ever believed in something I wanted to do. So I took that support and ran with it.

More than 15 years ago, Joan Hajjar was living on the edge. Homeless and without hope, her daily existence revolved around her next drug or drink. Determined to beat her addiction, she entered Phoenix House in 1993, where she found the tools to reclaim her life. Now serving as director of Phoenix House’s AmeriCorps and  more

When I learned about the death of DJ AM—the celebrity spinner who struggled with addiction, but stayed sober for over 11 years—I felt the tragedy at the gut level. I have been in the substance abuse field for over 20 years, first as a treatment provider and then as a researcher. But it is through  more