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International Recovery Resources Guide
Recovery Advocacy Around the World Interviews
Mr. Hossein Dezhakam, Iran
A vibrant addiction recovery movement is rising within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sixteen years after the first NA meeting was first held in Iran in 1994, 29% of all Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the world now take place in Iran. Also evident is the growth of culturally indigenous recovery movements, one of the most noteworthy of which is Congress60, founded by Mr. Hossein Dezhakam in 1998. Read full text...
Anne Marie Ward , United Kingdom
In early 2011, I interviewed Anne Marie about her advocacy activities and her thoughts on the history and future of the UK recovery movement. Please join us in what I found to be a most fascinating discussion. Read full text...
Oliver Mates, United Kingdom
A vibrant recovery advocacy movement is rising in the UK that is expanding pathways to long-term recovery and transforming the core ideas, service practices and service policies that shape addiction treatment in the UK.With a wonderful mix of candor, humility and great passion, Ollie describes in the interview below how his own personal recovery journey led to his role in this much larger movement. Please join me in this engaging discussion. Read full text...
Wynford Ellis Owen, United Kingdom
Wynford is a force of nature and few individuals on earth convey the recovery message in a more contagious manner. He is a central figure in the recovery movement in Wales and the UK and offers many insights in the following interview about the recovery experience and a growing recovery advocacy movement. Please join me in a most engaging conversation with one of my favorite people. Read full text...
Laura Graham, United Kingdom
In her role with the Addiction Recovery Foundation, Laura has tracked the recent boon in recovery support and advocacy activities in the UK and offers insightful glimpses into these projects and the larger movement. Please join me in this sweeping review of the UK recovery advocacy and support landscape. Read full text...
Mark Gilman, United Kingdom
The movement toward recovery-oriented systems of care has been most successful where there are recovery champions within key organizations who do the difficult work of translating this conceptual shift to the realities of frontline addiction treatment and recovery support. Mark Gilman is such a recovery champion. In the interview below, Mark reviews his career in addictions research and treatment, discusses his work with the National Treatment Agency, and shares his thoughts on recovery management and the state of the recovery advocacy movement in the UK. Please join me in this engaging discussion. Read full text...
Stephen Bamber, United Kingdom
Bamber is an academic based at Liverpool Hope University, UK and co-founder of the Recovery Academy and Bill White discuss the Recovery Revolution taking place in the UK. Read full text...
Crisvalter Medeiros, Brazil
Medeiros is the founder of a prevention project in Brazil called "Programa Rede Viva", which was developed with the integration of recovery programs of mutual aid societies and educational projects involving scientific and technological knowledge of Students. In this interview, Medeiros and Bill White discuss the State of Recovyer in Brazil. Read full text...
The interview is available in Portuguese by clicking here.
Phil and Sandy Valentine, U.K. and U.S. Recovery Advocacy Movements
In October 2011, Phil and Sandy Valentine from the Connecticut Community of Addiction Recovery (CCAR) had the opportunity to visit several U.K. communities and participate in a variety of recovery-focused events. In the interview below, William White asks Phil and Sandy to review some of the highlights of this trip and to share their perceptions of the rising U.K. recovery advocacy movement.
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