Tom Coderre

10/23/2025

10/15/2025

Thanks James for sharing this super personal and powerful story about your dad to honor world mental health day…

09/22/2025

Not feeling like you “fit into the bigger picture” can make mental health and substance use challenges feel insurmountable. A sense of purpose helps people in recovery stay motivated—especially on difficult days. Purpose looks different for everyone. It might come from a job, family, community activities, or simply setting everyday goals.

You can help people in recovery find purpose and move forward. Start conversations or offer support (bonus points if you have lived experience with recovery to share). Remind those in or seeking recovery that they have something valuable to offer now and in the future.

09/15/2025

This year’s theme, Recovery is REAL: Restoring Every Aspect of Life, reminds us that health, home, community, and purpose are the pillars recovery is built on. Recovery is more than overcoming present challenges; it’s about building a lifetime of wellbeing. That starts with health. At any stage of recovery, physical and mental health are essential.

09/15/2025

Whether it’s a supportive family and friends or simply a roof overhead, recovery is REAL (Restoring Every Aspect of Life) when home is a place of connection, care, and support. A safe and stable home can make it easier to access treatment and maintain recovery routines.

09/15/2025

Across the country, millions of people are living proof that recovery is REAL (Restoring Every Aspect of Life). But recovery doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s a path best taken with others—family members, neighbors, friends, and peers. Community resources, meaningful relationships, and simple acts of kindness help create a world where people in recovery can thrive.

08/26/2025

This week is —a time to remember lives lost to overdose, raise awareness, and act. Learn more about preventing and ending overdose and find resources to help those affected: samhsa.gov/end-overdose

08/09/2025

I was moved to attend the official dedication for the Bob Houghtaling Foundation. Bob was a friend, a mentor, and a warrior on the path to help people get and stay well. His decades of helping youth navigate mental health and substance use challenges saved many lives and soothed many families. Grateful his legacy will be helping even more people!

08/07/2025

New resource about the importance of self-care to ensure well-being for people providing recovery supports and other behavioral health services. It provides tips for individuals and leaders to check in and support a person’s overall wellness and improve well-being.

This fact sheet describes the importance of self-care to ensure well-being for people providing recovery supports and other behavioral health services. It provides tips for individuals and leaders to check in and support a person’s overall wellness and improve well-being.

07/28/2025

📢 Just released: 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health ( ) findings on U.S. mental health, substance use, treatment and recovery. Now with 4 years of comparable data! samhsa.gov/data/data-we-collect/nsduh-national-survey-drug-use-and-health/national-releases/2024

07/24/2025

This week is National Deflection Week 2025! Launched in 2023 by the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative (PTACC), National Deflection Week is an observance held annually during the third full week of July dedicated to recognizing deflection efforts across the world to connect people to substance use treatment without traditional criminal justice system involvement. Check out resources via the link...

The PTACC committee extends a big thank you to all who attended, presented, sponsored and worked on the International 2024 PTACC Deflection Summit in the

07/18/2025

Proud of my home city for hosting this important conversation!

PAWTUCKET – City Chief Equity Officer Chachi Carvalho had plenty of takeaways from the first men’s mental health panel he moderated at City Hall Chambers on June 30, in honor