The Power of Community in Recovery
Maria sits in a circle of folding chairs, listening to someone describe a struggle she faced last week. She recognizes herself in the story. Later, she shares her own. This is what community recovery…
Peer Coaching and Community
Recovery is built between people. Peer recovery coaches, recovery community centers, and the networks that hold people through early days and over years offer practical, accessible support outside of clinical treatment. Articles cover what peer coaches do, how recovery community centers work, and the everyday ways community sustains long-term recovery.
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Harnessing Recovery Capital: A Strategic Approach to Well-being
Sarah knows where her next meal comes from and has a doctor's appointment scheduled. These basics once felt impossible. A recovery coach helped her see that stable housing, transportation, and trusted…
Recovery Coaches: Their Role in Recovery
Someone sits across from a recovery coach, uncertain where to begin. The coach listens, then offers a map. Recovery coaches meet people exactly where they are, removing obstacles, connecting them to c…
The Role of a Peer Recovery Coach
Audra hears it often: "I just don't know how to stay sober." Her answer comes from lived experience. As a peer recovery coach, she walks alongside people exploring recovery, building trust from day on…
4 Types of Recovery Communities
Someone scrolling late at night, searching for voices that understand, discovers a recovery account with thousands of followers sharing their stories. That moment of connection reveals something resea…
Peer Recovery Coaches
A person in recovery sits across from someone who has walked the same painful path. The peer coach doesn't have a clinical degree, but they have something more: their own story of struggle and surviva…
Three Health Benefits of Medication-Assisted Treatment
A pregnant person in recovery faces withdrawal symptoms, stigma, and fear of harming their baby. Medication-assisted treatment combined with peer support addresses these specific challenges. Research…
Recovery Community Centers Offer Good Soil for a Place to Grow
Leslie Clark didn't understand why people stayed in recovery meetings for twenty years. Now, more than thirty years into her own recovery, she sings, gardens, and writes poetry. Her story reveals what…
Recovery Residences
Josh Leonard wore out his welcome at home before finding Portland Sober Living. Two years as a resident transformed his life so completely that he stayed on as house manager. Recovery residences, from…