of samhsa's road to recovery television and radio series . this episode will highlight the many accomplishments of the 2010 national recovery month observance and look forward to a successful 2011 campaign...so- join the voices for recovery: recovery benefits everyone. in 2011, national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month is expanding its reach to include the celebration and recognition of individuals, families, and communities who have overcome mental health problems and we have changed the name to national recovery month. recovery month offers help and hope not only for individuals receiving substance use and/or mental health recovery services but also for families, loved ones, friends, and communities. the benefits of treatment and recovery ripple across entire communities throughout our nation, proving there are effective treatments and people do recover. recovery month honors the millions of americans who are living happy, healthy, and productive lives in long-term recovery from substance use and mental health problems. it celebrates the tremendous success and contributions of treatment and recovery service providers, in both the mental health and substance use treatment and recovery fields, who m

of recovery, and enjoy each other's company. community members spread the word of recovery by wearing t-shirts promoting recovery every friday during september. getting the recovery voice out there is an important goal of friends and neighbors in rock springs, wyoming. the celebrate recovery walk and rally in lansing, michigan, commemorated the successes of those recovering from addictions to alcohol and other drugs. participants joined together and marched to the state capital for a celebration featuring guest speaker and advocate, kitty dukakis. recovery friends and advocates in honolulu, hawaii, participated in a charity recovery walk and 5k run. following the run, attendees enjoyed music, food, popsicles, volleyball, and fellowship. members of the daytona beach, florida, community celebrated recovery with a motorcycle ride, entertainment, testimonies, and information on supportive services. the free celebration started with a bike ride to the beautiful halifax river for a dare extreme stunt rider show with a prevention message to young people. also included in the event was a talent contest, toys for kids, food, and fun! mohave county substance abuse treatment educ

[music] our stories have power was 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

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 powerpoint materials, our message training, our tips on successful media interviews, that folks can use to further their skills as they go along through this training. you have recently gotten involved with faces and voices of recovery, laura, tell me why you got involved with faces and voices of recovery and why you, what brought you to this work? i am so thrilled to be part of this organization, i'm really proud to be part of it. they have a message that is very near and dear to my heart, which is sharing the message of hope and recovery, to having a new way of life. i took away from the messaging that i attended last fall, that there are right

of samhsa's road to recovery television and radio series . this episode will highlight the many accomplishments of the 2010 national recovery month observance and look forward to a successful 2011 campaign...so- join the voices for recovery: recovery benefits everyone. in 2011, national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month is expanding its reach to include the celebration and recognition of individuals, families, and communities who have overcome mental health problems and we have changed the name to national recovery month. recovery month offers help and hope not only for individuals receiving substance use and/or mental health recovery services

going to be an economic recovery that people are expecting but it was many poor and middle class americans who contributed to the victory of our current president is their voice not being heard what does anyone have a voice in this democracy we call america doesn't matter how loud someone yells and i mean letters they write to their congressmen or how much they complain very little can change what is set in motion by the very nature of the political system which is simple it's of it's appointed dictatorship but once they're in power has very little anyone else any of us can do and since the entire thing is is serving the corporate interests through taxation and everything else you see that the political corporate interest in what john perkins calls the corporatocracy this is the phenomenon that exists so the public is always going to be given the short end of the stick and always. has been since the divinity you know nothing's really changed we live in advance from a feudalism and nothing more in the past you pointed out the dangers of our massive debt problem here in america do you think that this is an issue that's just impossible to resolve even with the m

recovery will take time and money. money many families simply don't have. erica. >> the pictures are terrible. cynthia bowers, thanks. chris. >> thank you. turning to politics, members of the tea party movement will voice frustration with the government on this tax day in rallies across the country, this after a weekend of gathers with high profile presidential candidates. jane crawford is washington with the latest. >> reporter: today is the tea party movement's biggest day, the day people are most frustrated with their government when they are sitting down and writing checks to the irs and thinking why am i paying all of this money? today, really highlights the tea party's message that politicians in washington are just out of control. they are fed up with washington and sick of runaway spending. at tea party rallies across the country this weekend there were plenty of republicans fighting for their support. >> let's send them this message. don't tread on me. >> real solidarity means coming together for the common good. this tea party is real solidarity. >> reporter: some, like former alaska governor sarah palin and minnesota congresswoman michelle bokman are tea party favorites. >> they are encourag

recovery. that's why the chamber of commerce has come out against a shutdown. that's why the business round table has talked about it. these are voices of those entities that clearly speak with a one-vision business sense, and they say a shutdown does not make good business sense for america. all, however, risk or some social issues. when the government shut down in 1995 -- the last time that the republicans shut down the united states government. let's not forget that. i was there in the house of representatives when that happened. the last time republicans shut the government down for their ideological views, the nation's economic growth was slowed by as much as 1% in that quarter, a full percent. mr. president, in an economy that is in recovery -- and recovery, i would remind people, you know, from pw-r we were to -- from where we were to where we are, there's a little history that we need to remember. i remember in the clinton years when democrats balanced the budget for the first time in a generation, created record surpluses, low unemployment, low interest rates and the greatest peacetime economy in over a generation, we had su