Alcohol Drug Council of NC

11/22/2025

🎉 Help us wish Tyra a very Happy Birthday! 🎂
Thank you for your incredible service and dedication to supporting those facing substance use and mental health challenges. 💙
Today is your day — we’re so grateful for you! 🙌

11/19/2025

Over the past week, we’ve been working on updates that celebrate everything that makes our community special, the vibrancy, love, care, and connection that we see every day at El Futuro. But since then, the news of the ICE raids in Charlotte has once again rattled our community and is now weighing heavily on our hearts and minds. We’re feeling it as a staff, and we’re hearing it in the voices of our patients.

Our team is actively exploring ways to support our community in that area, including outreach and connection with partners through the La Mesita Network and the Immigrant Mental Health Solidarity Network.

Through it all, El Futuro will continue to be a safe and trusted place for healing, and we will keep showing up with the same vibrancy, love, community, and care that our families deserve.

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11/18/2025

https://www.iceinmyarea.org/en/resources

Anonymous community tool to report and track ICE activity. Help protect undocumented immigrants with real-time safety alerts.

11/17/2025

Vivid Bound hosted their annual event this past weekend raising awareness around domestic violence. There was so much packed in one afternoon and I can’t do it justice. There was a display of posters that highlighted those that lost their lives to domestic violence… all of the victims from NC and most occurred within the last year. It was heartbreaking but these people mattered .

There was a panel discussion that talked through a few clips of the movie fences. There were conversations about healthy and unhealthy communication .

There was a DBT kids zone where Sampson worked with children (ours included) on identifying and communicating about emotions , engaging in calming activities in a mindful way and my favorite table was the team building table where kids (siblings) in our case worked on collaborative problem solving and communicating kindly.

There were beautiful people from all walks of life sharing their stories from trials to triumph .

Finally bags were given away to demonstrate all the things a person may need to leave an abuser safely…

We are so grateful that our organization got the opportunity to participate this year as a sponsor . More important, we are looking forward to this growing partnership and exploring the intersection of Domestic Violence, Substance Use and Mental Health challenges. There will be more information to come about workshops and volunteer opportunities with this and other partners!

Thank you Janine for your vision and commitment to serving vulnerable people!

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

This past weekend, our Strategic Operations Director, Hubbard was honored with an award from Vivid Bound for her continuous support and unwavering commitment to making a difference. Her dedication inspires us all, and we couldn’t be more proud to celebrate her achievements!

11/09/2025

🎉 Help us wish Wendie a very Happy Birthday! 🎂
Thank you for your incredible service and dedication to supporting those facing substance use and mental health challenges. 💙
Today is your day — we’re so grateful for you! 🙌

11/08/2025

Still reflecting on our annual event which featured The Black Poster Project Silent Memorial . Thank you so much for coming all the way to NC to honor lives across the United States. We will continue to share the message and mission to raise awareness about addiction , overdose , su***de and mental illness. Our loved ones represented mattered and we are grateful that you help keep their memories alive. Thank you Dee, Dawn and the entire team for your dedication and care!(Will be posting more pictures this week once we get back into the office).