Testimonials

Voices of Recovery was founded in 2008 in Tucson, Arizona.

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People in long-term recovery, their families and friends share their recovery stories and advocacy successes to give hope to others and demonstrate the power and reality of long-term recovery.

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I must tell you how much I appreciated the recent presentation of Voices of Recovery to the Tubac Thursday Morning Breakfast Forum. All of your speakers not only did a great job of describing their experiences of struggling with drug addiction, but their analyzing of their experiences facilitated a greater understanding of the dilemmas faced by addicts and recovering addicts.

If there is any way I can be of help to Voices of Recovery in continuing their excellent work, please feel free to contact me.

Very sincerely,

Barry M. Dank, Phd
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840

Founding and Associate Editor, SEXUALITY AND CULTURE,
Published by Springer, New York City
http://www.csulb.edu/~asc/journal.html

Coordinator, Tubac Thursday Morning Breakfast Forum
Forum address- http://tubacbreakfastforum.wordpress.com/

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From: "Judith V. Becker, Ph.D."
Date: 03/23/2010 04:30 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: FW: Voices of Recovery Arizona

Hi Cheryl
Everyone did a great job. Paul is an especially
engaging and talented speaker. Please thank them again for me. I will invite
them back next time I teach abnormal.
Judith

Judith V. Becker, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Psychology Policy and Law
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Psychology Department
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210068
Tucson AZ, 85721-0068

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Just as all of the other high schools in Tucson struggle with substance abuse among

their student populations, Sabino has its own issues, and so this year we - as a

follow up to our hosting a Community of Concern Program in November - decided to invite Paul Appleby from COPE to speak at a morning assembly here at our school. The reason for this letter is to let you know that the information presented at our assembly on Friday 16, 2010 was both timely and useful.

Mr. Appleby and the individuals in recovery that spoke to my Sabino students were open and candid, and in doing so promoted and atmosphere in which students felt comfortable. Often young people listen more attentively when they are being spoken to by someone near their age, so to have the young man and woman share their substance abuse stories at our assembly made for very good listeners.

I recommend COPE/Voices of Recovery to any other schools who are searching for tools with which to hopefully prevent any more of Tucson’s youth from getting involved in substance abuse.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 520-584-7704.

Sincerely,

Valerie Payne, Principal