treatment and then to recovery work afterwards, become an active member of alcoholics anonymous, and did some post-counseling. through that i became alive again. [music] the addiction treatment and recovery caucus is a group of members of the u.s. house of representatives who have come together because they want to educate themselves as well as other members of congress about how important it is to have policies that make it possible for even more americans to get into long-term recovery. through the members of congress, through their staffs, the caucus helps educate and serves as a promoter of legislation to give more people access to treatment and recovery. we've got to reach out to those people and make mental health treatment more accessible and make chemical dependency treatment more accessible. so if you'd like to find out more about the issues that congress is taking a look at as well as issues before state legislatures and city councils, faces and voices of recovery has a regular e-newsletter where we send out updates about what's going on when it comes to recovery-friendly legislation and building opportunities for people to get into long-term recovery. feel free to go to our web site