Recovery Support

The range of services, programmes, and community resources that help individuals sustain recovery and improve their health, wellbeing, and quality of life after or alongside treatment for substance use disorders. These supports may include peer support, recovery coaching, mutual-help groups, housing assistance, employment services, family support, and community-based recovery programmes. Recovery support recognises that recovery is an ongoing process and that long-term wellbeing often requires continued social, practical, and emotional support. By strengthening personal resilience, social connections, and opportunities for reintegration, recovery support plays an important role in comprehensive responses to substance use. 

Recovery Support Services and Information

Booklet
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Recovery support services are intended to provide access to social support, employment, housing, and a variety of other services for people in recovery from substance use disorder. You can find attached the major types of recovery support...

Digital Recovery Support: Online and Mobile Resources

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
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Not everyone can make it to meetings in person. Here are some resources that many use to access vital recovery support online from home. Check this infographic by recovery research institute to know more.

Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Reading List

Reading List
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Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) encompass multi-sector approach on strategies and programs designed to divert individuals with substance use disorders away from conventional imprisonment. These alternatives address treatment, support...
Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) encompass multi-sector approach on strategies and programs designed to divert individuals with substance use disorders away from conventional imprisonment. These alternatives address treatment, support, and supervision, tackling the underlying causes of criminal conduct that is while curbing recidivism rates and fostering effective rehabilitation and societal reintegration. 

Looking Back: A retirement interview with Jeff Lee

Opinion piece, commentary
Jeff Lee is well known in the field of drug demand reduction and is a founding figure in the creation of ISSUP. For over four decades, Jeff has played a major role in drug prevention and has undertaken and managed projects in more than 80 countries around the world. Jeff finally retired in March from his role as a Senior Consultant for ISSUP. In a quick chat with Jeff, he offers us a glimpse into his successful career, lessons learned, upcoming adventures and hopes for the future.
ISSUP founder and Senior Consultant Jeff lee speaking at the United Nations in Vienna

Benefits and Challenges Behind Recovery Networking - Global Recovery Dialogue Series

Event Date
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Washington DC
United States

Global Recovery Dialogue #5 Topic

The Global Recovery Dialogues Series is an initiative to create awareness and build interest in the Global Recovery Network within the international recovery community. These dialogues will be a part of a broader communications strategy to increase visibility in the lead up to the launching at the ISSUP Greece Conference in June 2024. 

CSAM-SMCA 2024 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting

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Ontario
Canada

The CSAM-SMCA 2024 Scientific Conference is Canada’s premier education and networking event for addiction medicine practitioners. This annual event brings together researchers, leaders, educators and clinicians in addiction medicine for three days of learning and networking.