this year's theme is join the voices for recovery. it's a positive message that is so important for people to hear. the many compelling stories of recovery are real and can help bring hope and healing to people who are struggling with addiction and it's your enthusiasm and focus that is helping to drive this message and keep up the momentum for this critically important cause, from our homes and our classrooms, all of the way to the halls of congress. [music] the gratitude that i have, one day at a time for being sober, and that's how i stay sober is by doing 12-step work, by paying it forward, by giving it away to the next person that needs it. instead of giving it back to somebody, i'm able to identify with people that are still struggling in addictions and help them understand that there is a better life without drugs and alcohol. the recovery month campaign commemorated its 20th anniversary in 2009. let's take a look back at the history of this campaign that has helped transform lives and families through the power of recovery. [mu

as prevention activities, displays of the recovery quilt, and a vigil for the remembrance of loved ones who were lost to the disease of addiction. faces and voices of recovery greenville put together a rally for recovery concert. admission to the event was free and tables were set up to allow patrons to register to vote. the saint marks inspirational choir kicked off the music festivities and the evening concluded with a performance by national touring singer/songwriter livingston taylor. portland's overdose prevention project again hosted its annual recovery & wellness resource fair. the event served as a way to inform and educate participants, as well as providers, about recovery-oriented resources and health promotion-related services within the community. the beacon house association of san pedro held its 24th annual recovery block party. this event has grown to become a premier event in the recovery community. the event featured arts and crafts, live entertainment, speaker meetings, information booths, and plenty of food. waianae women in recovery held their 7th annual women and children campout. in addition to workshops dealing with women'

recovery, and it's a very hopeful, fun time for people. we started actually 8 years ago holding a recovery event in rhode island. it's a way which we give a voice to people in recovery. it's a way for us to tell people there is hope, that treatment does work. there's entertainment and speakers, the bands are playing, and clients are having a really great time. and we're meeting with politicians and other mental health providers. these types of events are important to highlight. it's important because we are educating the public about both mental health issues and substance abuse issues. we're also, by holding these types of events, we're also working to reduce the stigma associated with mental health or substance abuse issues. this year, we're tying it into waterfire. we're taking the light of remembrance from here out into the general public out into waterfire, the 20,000 people that are there to basically say, each of us is important, each of us has a voice, and this issue is important. it raises a level of awareness to have an event such as this associated with waterfire, which has a great reputation. we took it out of an indoor facility, be

voices of recovery certainly gets engaged in... faces and voices of recovery are fantastic people. they're part of our community and they do only good for the world. i mean, it's an incredible organization. but it really does take that, does it not? it takes people getting engaged, getting involved, calling individuals letting them know that they're not quite comfortable the way that things have been portrayed because stigma, really, it's totally perpetuated in many instances through bad portrayals. yes. i mean, one of the things we know about good compelling storylines is that it triggers the behaviors of, for example, talking with family members and friends about what they've seen, calling for further information. you know, we've done studies to look at searches on the web and the timing of those searches. what we've found is people are multitasking. if there's a great storyline on television that's engrossing them, they will actually do a web search between the 9 and 10 p.m. hour when that show is on the air. they're not waiting till the end. so they've got sort of this multimedia thing going on. so we can't underestimate the power o

faces and voices for recovery provides an individual an opportunity to join others and to figure out ways to support each other and to sustain recovery. and we haven't gotten to the fact that once we do get a person to go into recovery, that there is also a need for either a mutual support group or some other type of activities. within the context of ethnic and racial and other special populations, what is important to keep in mind in terms of a person that is in recovery in order for them to sustain their recovery? well, in order to sustain recovery, as we all know, a mutual support network is vital. and from a tribal standpoint, it's community support. because unfortunately, with faces and voices, what we are striving to do is continue to battle the stigma of discrimination that people with an addiction continue to face. well, in indian country, it's almost twofold. you have still the struggling addict that is criminalized and when they get into recovery, if they have a mutual support network and the community embraces them and continues to nurture them on their recovering journey,

the training that was developed by faces and voices of recovery in conjunction with funding from samhsa. people in the recovery community have been looking for a long time for language that they can use to really describe what it is that they've been through and what it is that they're trying to advocate for. so faces and voices of recovery has used the training as an opportunity create a video, a dvd, that can be you know sent around the country, can be put on the internet, can really be used in trainings and in workshops around the country so that more people have the terminology that's necessary to communicate our, our message to the broadest possible audience. there are three major sections of the dvd. the first is a 90- minute training video which takes you through faces and voices of recovery's media and message training, the actual core training itself. the second part of the dvd is a section called, "keys to successful interviews". that section really is helpful for people who are going to be going into an interview situation and they need to brush up on some basic skills. and the third section of the dvd contains all the materials,

the training that was developed by faces and voices of recovery in conjunction with funding from samhsa. people in the recovery community have been looking for a long time for language that they can use to really describe what it is that they've

voice. news tonight about some big strides for congresswoman gabby giffords in her recovery. >>> diet soda is in the news tonight, specifically about a possible health risk to those who drink it. >>> and going to bat for one of his players. a coach's extraordinary sacrifice that may have saved a young man's life. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. over the past 24 hours, we've seen some of the biggest crowds ever in that main square in cairo. tonight we're seeing something else. this people's revolt is spreading to other fronts in ways that will further pressure egyptian authorities, and more pressure is being applied from the outside now on a regime that is still there, still in place and in charge. again tonight to cairo we go and our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. a new group of egyptians joined this movement today, government workers. a threat to a regime desperate to keep the economy going. the revolt is spreading to where egypt could feel it most, its workforce. f

faces and voices of recovery, but can families go online and find similar programs like the one you have in connecticut? it's not so easy right now. i mean, honestly, you know, recovery supports for young people is gravely understudied, underfunded, under supported across the board. so while there's a lot of hope out there and there's a lot of young people in recovery, they're not so easy to find. you know, the best supports out there are local, you know, mutual support groups that are focused to young people that are the easiest thing to access. so, you know, whether or not somebody wants to find a meeting in their local area, a lot of the 12-step groups will have, you know, a youth category, you know, that'll say that this meeting might be more focused to young people. monique, how do i get into if i'm in need of a recovery school? how do i approach the various schools? are they available to everyone all over the united states or is it only in certain pockets? unfortunately, there are recovery high schools in only eight states and collegiate recovery communities in nine states. so i think that speaks right there to how underserved adolescents and young adults are in the area of

voice and the vision and who is giving people a shot at a better life. >>> as we mentioned earlier tonight, we have learned more about the recovery, therapy and treatment for congresswoman gabby giffords. we also now know she's been given little detail on the shooting, what happened to her. her doctors want to wait until she is further along in her recovery. and we know a little more about her average day. many hours of therapy. we got a rare look inside her rehab facility, houston's tirr memorial hermann where she's been speaking short sentences credited to intensive speech therapy and music. ♪ you are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ >> the already athletic giffords undergoes rigorous daily physical therapy, squats to rebuild her muscles and an innovative way to learn balance and walking again by using a shopping cart. >> if you put someone's hands here, they're not going to walk this way, they're going to walk upright. so it's a way to trick the body. it's a more natural movement for the patient to be using this. >> giffords is also watching a little television. apparently she and her husband, mark kelly, watched "30 rock" together just last week. for mo

voice. wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords takes the next step on wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords takes the next step on a remarkable road to recovery. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody, and thanks for joining us today, i'm betty nguyen. >>> this morning in egypt, protests on the streets of cairo are growing, and so is the friction between egypt and the u.s. there are increasing clashes between protesters and police, and reports of increasing violence outside the capital. now tomorrow another massive rally is planned. cbs' terry mccarthy is in cairo with the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, betty. pressure is again increasing on president mubarak in this struggle of wills between the protesters and the government. as you can see behind me the protesters still here in tahrir square. but we're also seeing a series of strikes around the country. labor unrest, which is not directly tied to the protests against president mubarak, but even in the suez canal workers are now on strike. even though the ships are still flowing there. and now within cairo, unrest is also spreading from tahrir square. yesterday, protesters ringed the parliament building, and they also blo

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