September is Recovery Month

The Recovery Month observance:

highlights the societal benefits of substance abuse treatment,
lauds the contributions of treatment providers and
promotes the message that recovery from substance abuse in all its forms is possible.

Each September, thousands of treatment programs around the country celebrate their successes in an effort to educate the public about treatment, how it works, for whom, and why.

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.

Recovery Month highlights the benefits of treatment for not only the affected individual, but for their family, friends, workplace, and society as a whole. 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.