Promote and support an understanding of mental health and substance use disorders. The official color for National Recovery Month is purple. The theme for 2023’s Recovery Month is: Hope is Real. Recovery is Real. Please visit www.samhsa.gov/recovery-month to find out ways that you can join in the celebration of healing and freedom from addiction!

Codependency is defined by the Webster Dictionary as excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support on account of an illness or addiction.

Guilt is a problem if it goes on too long, but the lasting influence of shame is much more damaging to a person’s life.

Addiction – It’s not a dirty word. Let’s talk about it. Let’s learn about it. Let’s de-stigmatize it. Let’s understand and empathize with the person who struggles with it. Let’s put a face to it so that when we see it, we do not see just an issue but a whole person that was created and is loved by a wonderful God.