The city grapples with lack of coordination from the state level to stop the chronic homelessness and strain on services in a city where a majority of people seek help for addiction.
On Aug. 29 a statewide candlelight vigil is planned at six locations, all beginning at 8 p.m., including Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Dover and Keene.
2017 was a year of significant progress in reducing deaths and continuing to provide rapid single point access to people seeking recovery services. That progress was a direct result of many, many individuals and entities working tirelessly and without pause.
The Manchester Monarchs, proud ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, announced the first round of hockey personalities scheduled to attend the Hockey for Hope event that will take place on June 12 at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
The full-featured website, www.hopeforNHrecovery.org, has been completely redesigned to be a “one stop shop” for individuals and loved ones touched by addiction. It includes information about the disease of addiction, the process of getting well, links to resources and details about the organization’s recovery centers opening across the state.
Hope for New Hampshire Recovery, a Manchester based, grassroots nonprofit has several fundraising events planned this summer.
Gloucester Police Chief Leonard Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal, co-founders of The Police Assisted Addiction Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), announce three new treatment partners, in New Hampshire and Florida, all owned by former Delray Beach, Fla., Police Officer Michael Brown.
I’ve found that throughout my life there was always quite a difference between the person I was and the person I wanted to be. I knew deep down inside that I wasn’t giving life my best shot. Teachers would remark about my “potential,” but I was happy not to study for tests and do well enough. I handed in assignments late and got points off, content because I knew I’d still get a good enough grade. I was always a fan of shortcuts, easy fixes and doing the bare minimum; whatever was good enough to get by. Why do today what I can put off ’til tomorrow, right?
For most of us, it’s hard to open up about something we’re struggling with. We don’t want to be perceived by other people as weak or we don’t want to bother other people with our troubles.
Up until the past year, I was always on the other side of addiction. I was the person who other people worried about, the one that no one probably expected would live a whole lot longer. I was OK with that. I envisioned that before too long I’d be gone and that, hopefully, my friends would show up to my funeral and say some kind things about me. I never thought that I’d be the one in recovery, mourning the loss of my friends.