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SAMHSA Advisory

Date: 6/19/2009
Media Contact: SAMSHA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

2009 Recovery Month Marks 20th Anniversary of Observance TV and Public Service Announcements Unveiled

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), will unveil materials for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (Recovery Month) at a news briefing that will highlight plans for this September’s observance.

Recovery Month lauds the gains made by individuals in recovery from alcohol and/or drug misuse and dependence and celebrates the support and commitment from treatment providers to those with substance use disorder problems. 

The 2009 Recovery Month theme is “Join the Voices for Recovery:  Together We Learn, Together We Heal.”  The 2009 public service announcements (PSAs) have two supporting story lines aimed at directing people to SAMHSA/CSAT’s 24-hour information and treatment referral helpline, 1-800-662-HELP.  The PSAs depict scenes of individuals whose daily struggles due to alcohol or drugs can regain their lives through addiction treatment.  The PSAs were produced for Radio and TV in both Spanish and English.  

Additional materials to be released include a Recovery Month kit, posters, and other collateral materials.

WHO: Admiral Eric Broderick, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA

General Arthur Dean, Chairman and CEO, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

Chris Kelly, Director, Advocates for Recovery through Medicine

Tom Hill, MSW Senior Associate Altarum Institute


WHEN:    Thursday, June 25, 2009, 9:30 A.M.

WHERE:  National Press Club 
Murrow Room
14th & F Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.


Page Last Updated: 6/19/2009