Introducing Memorial Garden for Loss Due to Substance Use

Please join us in honoring the beautiful souls that we have tragically lost to substance use in the Philadelphia area. PhillyHEALs’ 2022 Memorial project will consist of an in-person pop-up memorial garden in Center City Philadelphia, as well as an ongoing virtual memorial site. The garden will be open from August 31 (International Overdose Awareness and Memorial Day) through September 30. The garden will be on the east side of Thomas Paine Plaza (1401 JFK Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102). The opening ceremony for the garden will take place on Wednesday, [...]

luis castanon2023-07-14T12:56:49-04:00July 14th, 2023|Addiction, Grief|

Supporting Youth and Young Adults Training (Sponsored by DBHIDS)

This 8-hour course provides the participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct CPS work with young adults. Its design incorporates young adult learning strategies and principles, promotes critical thinking, and self-directed and experiential learning to replicate the practice of recovery and peer support. The course centers on the recovery model of behavioral health and on the core values and practices guiding peer-to-peer emotional and psychological wellness. Providing peer support for young adults requires an additional generational lens as well as an understanding of the intersections that define systems [...]

luis castanon2023-07-13T14:50:28-04:00July 13th, 2023|Community, Event Registration, Mental Health, Peer Specialists, Training, Webinar, Youth|

Avoiding the Social Pressure to Drink

Holidays like Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day, that are often associated with alcohol, can pose a challenge to people in recovery, as well as to those who are avoiding alcohol for a variety of reasons (i.e., diabetes, depression, pregnancy, taking medication.) With alcohol and tobacco use being the two most common substance use and addictive disorders, it is important to recognize that events celebrated with alcohol can potentially affect health and well-being. For some people in recovery, environmental triggers - such as being around people who they would [...]

Janine Monico2024-02-28T21:53:38-05:00March 4th, 2019|Addiction & Recovery, Holidays|

The Power of Joining Together: Recovery Walks! & #UNITE

Andrea Brooks
Manager of Provider Development and Transformation Initiatives
DBHIDS

Brooke Feldman
Project Coordinator
PRO-ACT

When former DBHIDS team member, Brooke Feldman, passed the torch as lead captain of Team DBHIDS for PRO-ACT’s Recovery Walks! to Manager of Provider Development and Transformation Initiatives, Andrea Brooks in 2014, it signified the beginning of a partnership between two champions of recovery.

Janine Monico2021-01-04T21:51:05-05:00September 18th, 2015|Addiction & Recovery|