and the widespread community of those who are in recovery from addiction and co-occurring disorders. We discovered that while 24 million people each year need help for addiction, only 4 million actually seek treatment. We’re looking for the other 20 million– those who may not be seeking help due to the overwhelming stigma that often surrounds substance abuse and mental health disorders. Erase The Stigma Now has a simple mission: to eliminate the social stigma that keeps addicted individuals from seeking help, to show support to those who seek recovery or understand the power in finding help and to create an engaged sober community that empowers people to get involved, give back, and live healthy, active lives. With Erase The Stigma Now, We are currently conducting roundtable discussions across the nation titled “Behavioral Health Roundtable Events”. These roundtable events provide a forum in which communities can learn more about substance abuse and mental health disorders. We also have taken the initiative of partnering with Foundation Recovery Network in holding a 6k run/walk event in South Florida every year. Not 5K, but 6K – to create awareness of the need for treatment and to support those who are in recovery
The Erase The Stigma Now movement has begun with strong momentum, but it still needs your help. We’re asking people in recovery to share their stories with us so that others who are struggling can realize that there’s life on the other side of drugs and alcohol. With your help, we look forward to a future of enabling others to get help, encouraging those who are getting treatment, and celebrating with those who have won the fight to stay clean and sober. We believe that it takes a heroic effort to maintain recovery day in and day out. And we want to prove that courage—and hope—are contagious. Join us today. Show your support, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and become part of the movement!
