• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
BlackDoctor.org
Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Where Wellness & Culture Connect

  • Health Conditions
  • Wellness
  • Lifestyle
  • Longevity
  • Resource Centers
    • Clinical Trials Resource Center
    • Wellness on the Yard
    • Cancer Resource Center
    • Covid Resource Center
  • Find A Doctor
  • BDO TV
Home / Health Conditions / Addiction & Substance Use / National Recovery Month 2013: "Join The Voices For Recovery"

National Recovery Month 2013: "Join The Voices For Recovery"

What is National Recovery Month?

Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), sponsors National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) to increase awareness and understanding of mental and/or substance use disorders.  This celebration promotes the message that behavioral health is essential to health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people do recover.

 Why National Recovery Month?

A substance use disorder can affect anyone.  These conditions do not discriminate by age, race, ethnicity, gender, or income status and are as prevalent as many other health issues.  It is estimated that behavioral health conditions – which include mental and/or substance use disorders – will surpass physical conditions as the major cause of disability in the United States by 2020.  Again, recovery is affordable for people with a substance use disorder.

You May Also Like
View Our Resources To Better Understand How Clinical Trials May Help Advance Research

The 2013 Recovery Month theme, “Join the Voices for Recovery: Together on Pathways to Wellness,” represents the many ways that people can prevent behavioral health issues, seek treatment, and sustain recovery as part of a commitment to living a mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy life.  The theme highlights that people are not alone on this journey to seek total health every day.  Family, friends, and community members can support individuals throughout the entire recovery process.  The theme also emphasizes that there are many paths to wellness, including professional treatment, medical care, self-help, and group support, and each person embarks on his or her own unique path.

The annual Recovery Month observance aligns with SAMHSA’s mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse on America’s communities.  It supports many of SAMHSA’s Strategic Initiatives, including preventing substance use disorders, promoting recovery and resilience, and increasing public understanding.

For more information, visit SAMHSA.

September 13, 2013 by Derrick Lane

Read Next Article

The Latest In Addiction & Substance Use

Processed Foods: Addictive And Potentially Life Threatening

Processed foods are cheap and easily accessible to most college students. However, they have recently been under scrutiny after a troubling study from the National Institutes of Health found that people on ultra-processed diets ate more calories and gained more read more about Processed Foods: Addictive And Potentially Life Threatening

Remembering Kris Kross Rapper Chris Kelly: Gone So Young

Back in the early 90's was the time in hip-hop where everything started taking off. You had so much variety in rap with conscious rappers, west coast rappers, eat coast rappers and everyone in between. One of those rap groups, read more about Remembering Kris Kross Rapper Chris Kelly: Gone So Young
alcohol poisoning

Alcohol Poisoning: Life-Saving Facts You Need To Know

Alcohol poisoning occurs when a person consumes an excessive amount of alcohol. Alcohol can depress or stop nerve signals that control breathing and the gag reflex that prevents choking. Alcohol poisoning is a serious condition that can lead to irreversible read more about Alcohol Poisoning: Life-Saving Facts You Need To Know
addiction

Against All Odds: Detroit Man Overcomes Adversity to Empower the Black Community

Michael Jaimeson is a Louisvillian today, but certainly not born and raised.  At first glance, he may seem like a typical resident of the outer Bluegrass region. Louisville is considered the northernmost Southern city or the southernmost Northern city; like read more about Against All Odds: Detroit Man Overcomes Adversity to Empower the Black Community
stimulants

Are Stimulants a Gateway Drug for College Students?

Stimulants, also known as uppers, is a drug that temporarily increases alertness and energy. The use of stimulant drugs among college students was once thought to be a problem among high achievers seeking energy and focus to study. Not so, read more about Are Stimulants a Gateway Drug for College Students?

Celebs Who’ve Overcome Their Addictions: Here’s How They Did It

  It seems that a new celebrity entering rehab for drug, alcohol addiction and suicidal urges are a weekly headline these days. Even celebrities succumbing to their addictions, while awful — is less of a shock than it should be. read more about Celebs Who’ve Overcome Their Addictions: Here’s How They Did It

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to our newsletter

Poll

Popular Posts

  • Lionel Richie Shares His Top 3 ‘Anti-Aging Secrets’Lionel Richie Shares His Top 3 ‘Anti-Aging Secrets’
  • Angela Bassett 7-Year Journey to Parenthood: Enjoy the JourneyAngela Bassett 7-Year Journey to Parenthood: Enjoy the Journey
  • YouTuber and Relationship ‘Expert’ Kevin Samuels Cause of Death RevealedYouTuber and Relationship 'Expert' Kevin Samuels Cause of Death Revealed
  • ‘COVID Toes’ Might Be a Sign You Had the Disease'COVID Toes' Might Be a Sign You Had the Disease
  • Football Legend & Coach Deion Sanders Has Toes AmputatedFootball Legend & Coach Deion Sanders Has Toes Amputated

Footer

Where Wellness & Culture Connect

BDO is the world’s largest and most comprehensive online health resource specifically targeted to African Americans. BDO understands that the uniqueness of Black culture - our heritage and our traditions - plays a role in our health. BDO gives you access to innovative new approaches to the health information you need in everyday language so you can break through the disparities, gain control and live your life to its fullest.

Connect With Us

Learn More About

  • Hepatitis C
  • Diabetes
  • Sickle Cell
  • Mental Health
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise With Us
  • BlackDoctor.org Advertising and Sponsorship Policy
  • Daily Vitamina
  • TBH

Copyright © 2023, BlackDoctor, Inc. All rights reserved.