What is peer recovery?
A support network of individuals who have dealt with substance use that encourages your efforts toward recovery. Peer recovery groups allow community members in recovery to connect with others on the same path.
Peer Recovery Helps to:
Remind you that you are not alone
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Provide a community
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Maintain momentum in a
recovery process
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Source: Addictions.com
Hear Real Stories about Peer Recovery
ROB SHEARON
Reconnected Foundation
Eagle County, CO
GABE COHEN
Discovery Café
Garfield County, CO
By joining a peer recovery group, which can include Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), peer recovery coaches, and sober social groups, you become part of a safe and non-judgmental environment where you can share your experiences, challenges, and successes around substance use and recovery.
Additionally, peer recovery groups help you create strategies, find resources, and adopt practices to help you overcome obstacles and maintain a healthy life.
Source: Addictions.com
Thinking about getting sober and don’t know where to start?
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Peer support, whether it be in-person or virtual, can be a great first step.
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Peer support groups are available in multiple languages and for all age groups.
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Peer support groups help you form communities with individuals who have faced similar challenges as you surrounding substance use and addiction.
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Peer support groups allow you to be surrounded by a non-judgemental community, which can help you take the first steps toward recovery and a healthy life.
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