Advocacy with Anonymity. You can do both.

News from Springs Recovery Connection

October 28th, 2020

Springs Recovery Connection Mission

To strengthen the recovery community through peer and family support, public education and advocacy.

The SRC offices are now open from 9am-4pm, Monday through Friday

Did you know?

23,000,000 Americans are in recovery!

Advocacy and Anonymity can be friends....

You can speak about your own recovery and advocate for the rights of others, as long as you do not involve the twelve-step group by name.

There are tens of thousands of men and women across our country just like you who want to speak out about their recovery experiences while honoring the principles that have worked so well for so many.

Here’s what one person has to say,

I’m feeling better in my sobriety as I work a twelve-step program and am grateful for the blessings it has brought me. I want to reach out and help others who are still in the throes of active addiction or struggling in their recovery because of discriminatory policies and practices.

I hear the terms ‘advocacy’ and ‘anonymity’ all the time, but I’m not sure what they mean or how they apply to me. What can I do to help alcoholics and addicts who have not yet recovered? How can I increase the public’s understanding of addiction and recovery?

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The Scoop on our 2020 Annual Breakfast Fundraiser

Springs Recovery Connection's 2020 Come Walk With Me Breakfast (held virtually this year) has raised over $60,000. Our mail out of Loyal Coffee and Biscotti and virtual presentation reached over 1000 people in Colorado Springs and the surrounding area. We are so grateful for the support!

It's not too late to donate to support recovery in Colorado Springs.

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Behavioral Healthcare for all Coloradans

The time for Behavioral Health Reform in Colorado is now. With a groundswell of support from the

Governor’s Office and stakeholders from all four

corners of the State, reform is not only possible, but a reality. Together, we will ensure that every Coloradan with a behavioral health need receives timely, high-quality and affordable care within their community.

Three and a half million Coloradans have private

insurance or are Medicaid members. Thus, there is a commitment from the Department of Health Care

Policy and Financing (HCPF), which is the State’s

Medicaid agency, and the Colorado Division of

Insurance to align efforts to ensure behavioral health services are provided to all Coloradans. This will help to further promote health equity.

Read Colorado's Blueprint for Behavioral Health

Save the Date!

Wednesday, December 2nd 5-8pm

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Springs Recovery Connection is hosting dinner and a movie!

More Details to Follow

GRASP (Grief Recovery After Substance Passing)

Anyone who has lost a loved one through substance use disorder knows that society treats this loss differently than a death from any other cause.

Grief Recovery After Substance Passing (GRASP) was created to offer understanding, compassion, and support for those who have lost someone they love through accidental death due to substance use disorder.

If you would like more information about the monthly in person GRASP group at SRC or to pre-register for the group, please email:

Becca Wesselman or Sheri Barger

More about the GRASP group at SRC