National Recovery Month
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National Recovery Month
September is National Recovery Month. Recover Alaska will be celebrating a series of virtual events to educate, bring awareness, and increase peoples’ attention on understanding mental and substance use disorders, as well as celebrating peoples’ path to recovery.
About Recover Alaska
Resources – Helping Young Alaskans Succeed
Who We Are
Our Vision:
Alaskans live free from the consequences of alcohol misuse, so we are empowered to achieve our full potential.
Advocacy:
Shape legislation and policies that help to reduce alcohol abuse and build constituencies for change.
Share a story with Recover Alaska!
Get connected to our social media accounts to share content and spread the message of recovery. Our website will also host a super chill virtual lounge where folks can access our zero proof cocktail recipe book, our Day 001 videos, add their face/voice into the mix by recording their message of hope, and more.
Alcoholism & FASD
Resources – Helping Young Alaskans Succeed
What is Alcoholism?
Alcohol addiction is a complicated disease, and finding the strength, support, and positivity through virtual connection and apps can help reinforce accountability in maintaining sobriety.
Publications & Resources
Reducing delinquency by supporting Alaska Native communities
- Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
- Alaska Youth Law Guide
- Alcohol Use Among Alaska Adolescents, (YRBS Webinar, 02/27/18)
- Dr. Barbara Mason presentation, “Medication Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder: Current Status and Future Directions”
- The Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in Alaska
- Talk. They Hear You.
What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral and/or learning disabilities with lifelong implications.
Alaska Center for FASD
The Alaska Center for FASD was founded in April of 2017 by a group that includes those who have family members with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) and professionals who work with children and adults with FASDs. The organization is currently growing and working to determine the focus of its mission and activities.
Celebrating the Goodness of Hooper Bay
Storytelling
Our Story
“Reducing delinquency by supporting Alaska Native communities.”
Sobriety is a daily struggle; if you are working at being sober, the community is there supporting you. Sobriety, or effort to sobriety, could be for days, weeks, or years. If you are making an effort, we want to recognize your strength! Be a ROLE MODEL for our YOUTH! Be the ENCOURAGEMENT we all need! — Agatha Napoleon
Icelandic Model for Preventing Adolescent Substance use
A Successful Model
Why the Icelandic Model?
National Institutes of Health
Abstract
This is the second in a two-part series of articles about the Icelandic Model for Primary Prevention of Substance Use (IPM) in this volume of Health Promotion Practice. IPM is a community collaborative approach that has demonstrated remarkable effectiveness in reducing substance use initiation among youth in Iceland over the past 20 years. While the first article focused attention on the background context, theoretical orientation, evaluation and evidence of effectiveness, and the five guiding principles of the model, this second article describes the 10 core steps to practical implementation. Steps 1 to 3 focus on building and maintaining community capacity for model implementation.