Your monthly Stepping Up Initiative newsletter is here.

A Recovery Community That Is STRONG!

This newsletter will be released once a month to recap recovery news and resources. You will also experience a word from Commissioner Doreen Williams, personal recovery stories and information on how to support the Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative in our ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people in the criminal justice system with mental health and substance use challenges.

NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH

The theme this year: “Recovery is For Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community,” reminds people in recovery and those who support them that no one is alone in the journey through recovery. Everyone's journey is different, but we are all in this together.

National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life.

Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate health improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. This observance reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover.

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COMMISSIONER'S CORNER

A huge thanks goes out to Commissioner Doreen Williams for her leadership and profound dedication to support our community in adopting the National Stepping Up Initiative. In this months Commissioner's Corner Doreen Williams provides an update on how the Rockdale Community has partnered to move this initiative forward. Please use the link below to email us directly for instructions on how to make a donation.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join us for the 1st Annual "Rockdale Rides 4 Recovery" Motorcycle Awareness Rally! Family friendly Community event open to the public in honor of National Recovery Month. Kickstands up at 11AM for an 1-hour police escorted charity ride that is round trip and ends with food, games and prizes!

This community event is presented by Grit & Grace - A Recovery Community Organization in collaboration with the Rockdale County Accountability Courts.

***YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RIDE TO ATTEND - REGISTRATION IS FOR MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ONLY***

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SAVE THE DATE!

September 24, 2021

6pm - 9pm

Mark your calendars!!! In honor of National Recovery Month, our local Grit & Grace RCO and the Rockdale Stepping Up Initiative, will be hosting a red carpet event that will be held at Costley Mill Park and will consist of Peer Achievement Awards, Partner Acknowledgements, Live Performances and Testimonials. Event stage will be LIVE streamed to Facebook. All participants will have an option to participate in raffle giveaways.***REGISTRATION REQUIRED***

GRIT & GRACE RCO

As we continue to intentionally grow in our recovery we invite you to our daily Recovery Oriented zoom meetings in hopes that our recovery community will also grow in numbers. We know that it is our duty to carry the recovery message to those that still suffer. If you or a loved one needs the support of a recovery community, we meet every weekday at 11am and 6pm and again on Saturdays at 6pm. Please follow our Grit & Grace RCO pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our new YouTube and Podcast Channels to show your support and stay connected.

Join Us On Zoom

We would like to extend the invitation to have you or someone you know on the Grit & Grace - Recovery Hour talk radio show as our guest!

We strive to bring the recovery community resources, highlight community partnerships and spread messages of hope!

If you would like to connect with us, click the button to express your interest.

Be Our Guest

This podcast is hosted by the world renowned recovery warrior, Bill Carruthers and his co-host Tanisha Character, both as persons in long term recovery. On this podcast we strive to bring you and your love ones recovery resources and messages of hope that will in turn lead to revelations! Keep coming back!

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If you would like to submit a question or suggest a topic to be addressed on Grit & Grace - The Recovery Hour talk radio show, please click the button to email us.

One of our goals in the recovery community is to make sure that you are

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CONNECTED!

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LEWIS' STORY

Lewis Usher has been selected as the Champion of Recovery for the month of August because of his dedication to his recovery journey and his motivation to support others in recovery as well. Lewis is a participant of the Rockdale County Accountability Adult Drug Court and a graduate of the Georgia Piedmont Technical College Industrial Maintenance Program.

We are grateful to have people in recovery that are using their passion to support and empower not only others in recovery but the community as a whole!

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August 2021 Champion of Recovery - Lewis Usher

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PARTNERSHIPS

The Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative acknowledges that it takes a community and we are truly grateful for the the continued support of the following partnerships:

Rockdale County Board of Commissioners

Rockdale State Court

Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office

City of Conyers Police Department

Piedmont Rockdale Hospital

Rockdale County Accountability Courts

Grit & Grace: A Rockdale Recovery Organization, Inc.

Viewpoint Health

Restoration Storehouse

E911

District Attorney’s Office

Rockdale County Public Defender’s Office

Rockdale County Probate Judge

Rockdale County Magistrate Judge

2800 SW HWY 138

Conyers, GA 30094