Early on in my recovery journey, I found a resource online that helped me connect to others in recovery. Back then you generally had to look outside treatment if you wanted to do that. That resource was called Wired In. Piloted by Prof David Clark, Wired In empowered people to recover from substance use problems. That’s where I started writing about recovery regularly and where I found my wider recovery voice.
The human voice is the organ of the soul.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Just this week, David Clark and Wulf Livingston have launched a new resource with similar aims – Recovery Voices, which ‘captures conversations about what works in supporting recovery from addiction, and in the development of peer-led recovery communities, from a range of individuals with lived experience, as well as friends of recovery’ I commend it to you.
I was interviewed for the site a few months back. David has edited the interview down into bite size pieces which capture themes relevant to recovery. I hope that some of those capture important elements of recovery that are universally applicable. See what you think.
Below, I’ve posted an example of one of those clips which captures the moment where the installation of hope happened. In a month where I’ve discovered that some people have added the term ‘in recovery’ to the list of stigmatising terms (go figure!), I am reminded of how important it was in my recovery journey to claim that identity.
You can find other clips from that interview here.
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