Recovery Bill of Rights to be released, calling nation to action to end the
cycle of addiction
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy-Award Winning actor Louis
Gossett, Jr. will join tens of thousands of people taking part Saturday in
the national Rally for Recovery, which will be recognized with events in
more than 80 communities across the United States.
This year, participants will also hail the release of the Recovery Bill
of Rights, a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to
recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, during a ceremony at The
Chain of Rocks Bridge Park in St. Louis. The Hands Across the Bridge event
will serve as the national hub for activities happening nationwide.
"The Recovery Bill of Rights is a call to action for our elected
officials and community leaders to break the cycle of addiction by
empowering people who need treatment and ending housing and employment
discrimination against people in recovery," said U.S. Representatives
Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN), who are both in long-term
recovery from addiction.
The goal of Saturday's events is to speak out for improved local, state
and federal policies and to demonstrate the reality of recovery from
addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Participants are members of the
recovery community, their friends, families and allies, who put a face and
a voice on recovery from addiction and call for improved local, state and
federal policies so that others in their communities may get the help they
need. At the rallies, they will have an opportunity to personally endorse
The Recovery Bill of Rights.
Gossett, who is in long-term recovery from addiction, is the keynote
speaker at the St. Louis event and will join hands in unity with more than
1,000 people in forming a human chain across the bridge linking Missouri
and Illinois.
Faces & Voices of Recovery, the leading national organization
mobilizing those in long-term recovery from addiction, is the sponsor and
organizer for Saturday's event, which coincides with National Alcohol and
Drug Addiction Recovery Month.
"We are rallying for recovery to help make change happen at all
levels," said Carol McDaid, chair of Faces & Voices of Recovery. "Our focus
today and every day is on the rights of people struggling with addiction to
get well and the rights of people who are no longer using alcohol or other
drugs to get their lives back together. We will be distributing The
Recovery Bill of Rights to doctors, schools, treatment and community
centers across the country."
Further information about The Recovery Bill of Rights, endorsing
organizations and nationwide Rally for Recovery! activities is available at
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org.
ABOUT FACES & VOICES OF RECOVERY
Faces & Voices of Recovery is the national organization of individuals
and organizations joining together with a united voice to advocate for
public action to deliver the power, possibility and proof of recovery from
addiction. http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org.
SOURCE Faces & Voices of Recovery
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Related links:
http://www.facesandvoicesofrecovery.org
CONTACT:
Pat Taylor for Voices & Voices of Recovery,
+1-301-404-8477
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