The historic Palace Theatre was filled to capacity on Wednesday night as the Common Ground Concert brought a powerful blend of live music and raw, inspirational storytelling to the local community.
Hope for NH Recovery has already filled the former C.A. Hoitt Furniture building with a variety of different services and programs for those impacted by substance abuse. Now, they’ll have more funding to expand those services.
Inside the former home of C.A. Hoitt Furniture can be found one of Manchester’s key tools in the fight against addiction and a man who not only knows that struggle firsthand, but knows what it takes to overcome that struggle.
MANCHESTER, NH – The annual HOPE for NH Recovery Festival, themed “My Story is My Strength,” will take place Saturday, Sept. 28 from
Randy Stevens comes to Hope Recovery from The Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative led by the Governor’s Office, administered through Granite United Way, where he most recently worked as a Recovery Friendly Advisor.
No, what really and truly galls and angers me is a single sentence, used as the headline for the piece: “What is critical for our community to understand is that relapse is part of the recovery process.” No, my friends, that is exactly what we in the recovery community know to be false, misleading, and potentially fatal for anyone who puts it into practice.
Sponsored by New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Tufts Freedom Health Plan, AutoFair and many other community partners, the Rally4Recovery-NH was an opportunity to be inspired, learn, be entertained and celebrate transformation.
Opioids, meth and alcohol kill people — recovery saves lives. Come celebrate those miracles at Hope for New Hampshire’s 6th Annual Rally4Recovery-NH.
Like Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Farmer and Cowman, treatment and recovery folks should be friends, although that’s not often the case, with treatment folks relying on a clinical model and recovery people favoring peer-based supports. In short, and perhaps unfairly to both, treatment partisans believe letters after one’s name are important while recovery supporters see lived experience as key.
The Hope Improv Theater comes into the world Saturday Feb. 2, from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. with an initial training for actors. We’re looking for enthusiastic folks with a hankering to change the world, spread recovery and have fun. Experience is NOT preferred, but a willingness to explore communication through improv theater is.