Now in its 32nd year, National Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Each September, Recovery Month works to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible. This year's theme is Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community.

Learn more about this national month of recognition, share prevention resources and tools, and help celebrate the millions of Americans who are in recovery from mental and substance use disorders.

• Visit and share the website launched by Faces & Voices of Recovery that serves as the central location for all recovery events. Access downloads to help share information online. Browse through their library, webinars, publications and COVID-19 resources, and then share them with others.
• Visit Song for Charlie to learn about "fentapills," fake prescription pills that contain fentanyl as the active ingredient. Follow DCHS on Facebook and Twitter and share Song for Charlie videos with real talk about these fake pills. Also, view and share this factsheet about fentanyl. 
• Share suicide risks and prevention resources and information
• Share parent prevention resources and tools related to opioids, including these from the Addiction Policy Forum: 
  • 12 Things Parents Can do to Prevent Addiction
  • Prevention works to protect teens
  • Children whose parents talk to them
  • Parents play a key role in preventing addiction
• Share recovery resources, including:
  • Personal stories of recovery

  • How Addiction Hijacks the Brain (APF) 

    Faces and Voices of Recovery Resources

  • “This is Recovery," a 14 minute video featuring men and women across Northern Virginia who share their stories of recovery to help others who are dealing with similar challenges. They enable and inspire all of us to live in hope. 
• Share the "Think you know about opioids? Think again." videos and social media posts, part of a campaign to raise awareness about opioid misuse and treatment.
• Learn about and share local resources for substance use and mental health treatment and recovery options.
• Share mental health resources like the COVID-19 Wellness Resources Guide, Multicultural Mental Health Resources and Race Based Trauma Resources.

• Explore the resources at S.A.F.E. Project US (Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic), a  organization  committed to contributing in a tangible way to overcoming the epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States using an action-oriented, fact-based, non-partisan approach to address public awareness, full-spectrum prevention, prescription medicine, law enforcement and medical response, treatment and recovery and family outreach and support.