National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is observed each year throughout the month of September. For 20 years, Recovery Month, supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through its Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, has celebrated people in recovery from addiction and the treatment providers who help them. The theme of this year’s Recovery Month is “Join the Voices of Recovery: Together We Learn, Together We Heal.” Recovery Month also serves to educate the public on substance abuse as a national health crisis, that addiction is a treatable disease, and that recovery is possible. It highlights the benefits of treatment for not only the affected individual, but for their family, friends, workplace, and society as a whole. Educating the public reduces the stigma associated with addiction and treatment. Accurate knowledge of the disease helps people to understand the importance of supporting treatment programs, those who work within the treatment field, and those in need of treatment. Each year Alabama is well represented in Recovery Month efforts through the department’s Division of Substance Abuse Services and several active advocacy organizations.

2009 Recovery Month events in Alabama can be found on our Events Calendar.

Click to download the entry form and map for the Montgomery 5K Sobriety Run.