Most people don’t get into recovery in isolation—it happens in community.
When we look at people who struggle to find recovery, we all want to know how to help more people find their way into recovery.
We need recovery ready communities to help maximize their chances.
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Integrating addiction care with medical care is getting a lot of attention, however interactions with medical systems simultaneously pose great risks to recovery and hold the potential to be important resources. It takes deliberate effort for medical providers to avoid being recovery-threatening and instead become recovery-enhancing.
You’re sober. Great. Now what? Any recovery that’s boring, socially disconnected and unfulfilling is at high risk for relapse. Having fun, doing things with others and getting moving are all important elements of lasting recovery.
For years, we’ve enjoyed an exceptionally enthusiastic and welcoming recovering community. It hasn’t always been this way. There was a time when some meetings didn’t welcome treatment groups. That may have been due to treatment providers failing to respect the recovering community or taking it for granted. However, in the late 1990s, local treatment providers started…
The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti community has benefited greatly from the local colleges and universities providing path to developing job skills and career paths. While WCC has never had any formal programs to support recovering people, there has always been a critical mass of recovering people to engage others into school and provide support while they are…
The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area has been fortunate to have employers who are willing to give newly recovering people a chance. Better yet, some of these employers work hard to provide living wages to their employees. Even better, many of these employers offer these employees management positions after they’ve proven themselves. It’s win-win. The recovering person is…
Local governmental bodies can play important roles, large and small, in supporting recovery. These bodies can choose to treat people with addiction as a problem to be removed or focus on communities of recovery and recovery support services as a community resource to be welcomed and supported.
The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area has several treatment providers including 2 nonprofit providers who are contracted by local government to provide services to medicaid recipients and other indigent people in the community. Each of the major medical centers have outpatient programs affiliated with them. There are also 2 methadone clinics. Available services include: Free drop-in recovery…
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti have several sober housing programs with varying levels of structure and support. Sober living homes are sober, safe, and healthy living environments that support recovery. Residents are expected to abstain from alcohol and drug use and follow program rules. Program requirements vary, but may include: participation in treatment services; participation in mutual aid meetings;…
Access to transportation has repeatedly been found to be an important factor in accessing economic opportunity. The Ann Arbor area is fortunate to have a robust bus system with strong community support that has expanded its reach throughout the region. The AAATA also provides discounted fares to low income residents as well a grants program…
Ann Arbor’s and Ypsilanti’s faith communities do a lot to support recovery. Churches and temples make space for mutual aid groups every day of the week. Many churches have recovery ministries and local clergy visit treatment programs to provide recovery support.
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