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Face Of Recovery Walk on Saturday, Sept. 27

Join us for the first Teen Court of Santa Fe Face of Recovery Nature Walk on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Santa Fe County Arroyo Hondo Open Space Trail.

Teen Court and many of our community agencies work with people who are in recovery or are struggling with substance use and mental health disorders. The community is invited to help spread the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

To participate in the walk, you don’t have to be in recovery. Please join us to help show support for neighbors, friends and family and help us raise awareness at this free event! The Arroyo Hondo Open Space trail is located off Arroyo Hondo Road, just west of 1-25 and Old Las Vegas Highway.

“The idea for the walk arose after Teen Court staff, watched a feature documentary film “The Anonymous People” about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs,” said Teen Court Program Manager, Jennifer Romero. She continued, “The film was inspiration for us to reach out to the individuals living in our community in recovery and the people who support them.”

September is National Recovery Month. Recovery Month is a national observance that educates Americans on the fact that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. The observance’s main focus is to laud the gains made by those in recovery from these conditions, just as we would those who are managing other health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Recovery Month promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible and offers encouragement to take action and help expand and improve the availability of effective prevention, treatment, and recovery services for those in need. The Face of Recovery is depicted as moms and dads, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and friends of people regaining their health and lives through freedom from addiction. By organizing and speaking out together, we support and give hope to individuals who are still struggling with addiction and to those who have found the power of long-term recovery.