WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving lives by
speaking up to overcome the stigma still clinging to drug and
alcohol addictions is the goal of a new virtual Town Hall event to
be streamed on Twitter on Wednesday,
November 20 at noon EST. The
live "Twitter For Good" Q and A event called
#AskAboutRecovery will feature Young People in Recovery and
Recovery Centers of America ("RCA").
Young People in Recovery is a nonprofit national recovery
support organization that is dedicated to helping people with
substance use disorder recover from addiction and provide life
skills to reach their full potential. Recovery Centers of America
is an addiction treatment healthcare company whose mission is to
save "one million lives" with neighborhood-based affordable
treatment including MAT ("Medication for Addiction Treatment") and
inpatient and outpatient care. YPR and RCA are teaming up on a
national scale with the popular social media platform, Twitter, to
offer this unique Town Hall-style dialogue for people across the
country affected by the disease of addiction.
"Young People in Recovery's partnership with these two companies
is unprecedented. Twitter, a global tech phenom, and Recovery
Centers of America, an innovative treatment network doing great
work for people seeking recovery from addictions to drugs and
alcohol, are using their collective influence to serve families
across our great nation. Working with the leaders and allies of the
recovery movement to make a difference in this way, it's simply
inspiring," said Justin Luke Riley,
CEO of YPR.
The Q and A style virtual event on Twitter will feature Riley,
the CEO of YPR and consumer advocate for "recovery ready
communities," and Dr. Deni Carise, a
board member of YPR and international addiction treatment expert at
Recovery Centers of America. Both participants are in recovery from
a substance use disorder themselves and can speak from a personal
as well as a professional level about addiction and recovery.
"I'm honored to work with YPR and Twitter. We are all very
excited about the #AskAboutRecovery event because it creates a
nationwide community conversation about a disease that's killing so
many Americans and causing pain to so many families. This Twitter
event provides a forum for immediate answers to those struggling
with addiction, their loved ones, and all others. We are
waging a war on the stubborn stigma still attached to the disease
of addiction and dialogue and education are how we as a country
will overcome stigma that keeps so many from getting help,"
explained Dr. Deni Carise of
Recovery Centers of America.
The Twitter event, #AskAboutRecovery, can be seen both on
video and "by tweets" at noon EST on Wednesday, November 20 and will be streamed
and tweeted live from Twitter's Washington, D.C. office. If you would like to
ask a question, be sure to include #AskAboutRecovery in your tweet.
To watch the Q and A live, head over to YPR's Twitter handle,
YngPplRecover.
Recovery Centers of America (1-800 Recovery) provides
comprehensive addiction treatment at six inpatient residential
facilities in Mays Landing, NJ;
Devon, Pennsylvania; Westminster and Danvers, Massachusetts; and Earleville and Waldorf, Maryland. A full spectrum of
Outpatient treatment is also provided at these facilities and in
Vorhees, NJ. RCA also provides Medication-Assisted-Treatment (MAT)
at its facilities and at the Trenton Healthcare Clinic
and Bravo Medical in Somerdale,
NJ.
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