Tom Coderre

10/21/2026

Gather all unneeded, unused or expired medications for . Safely dispose of them at one of the 4,200 drop-off locations to prevent misuse and protect our communities. www.dea.gov/takebackday

The United States Department of Justice

09/13/2026

Dec 9 virtual event — RSVP free

09/08/2026

This is an important step forward because it recognizes something we know about recovery: people need more than treatment. They need recovery capital. People need relationships, support, stability, connection, purpose, and a community that helps them build a life in recovery. Those resources are recovery capital. Peer recovery support can be a powerful part of building that capital.

For too long, our systems have focused heavily on the immediate crisis: stopping substance use, completing treatment, or responding after a family is already in trouble. We also need to invest in what helps people sustain recovery and thrive over the long term.

09/06/2026

Happy Recovery Month everyone. Thanks to Patrick Kennedy for penning this thought opinion piece about investing more in recovery capital!

Former RI Congressman Patrick Kennedy explains why we must treat addiction as a chronic illness to help people get and stay well.

09/03/2026

Thanks you to Alex Gautieri and RICAREs: The Recovery Community Organization for RI for this important work. As someone who has been recognizing the power of recovery capital in his own life, this article really resonated with me. Please read and share!

09/02/2026

08/20/2026

Powerful.

05/15/2026

She’s one of my favs!

Yesterday marked my 30-year sobriety birthday, and I wanted to celebrate by sharing one gratitude for each decade.

1. My sobriety will always be the most important thing I do, because it allows me to fully love—and be loved by—the people who matter most in my life. I’m grateful for it every single day, even when it feels like a street fight.

2. Five years ago, a woman approached me in an airport and thanked me for writing about sobriety as a superpower. She said it helped her get sober. I’m grateful for all the people whose words helped me along the way. Before boarding her flight, she asked if I’d accept a gift from a stranger. I said yes. She handed me her first AA chip. I carry it in my purse every day. We were never strangers.

3. My favorite line from the AA Big Book reads: “That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we have been placed in a position of neutrality—safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us. We are neither cocky nor afraid. That is our experience. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.”

Understanding and keeping in fit spiritual condition has been a decades-long challenge for me. I wrote about it in the final chapter of Strong Ground and I thought I’d share that full chapter with you today as a “thank you.” To read, go to the home page of brenebrown.com.

Today I am sober af and I am grateful. ❤️

05/12/2026

In the five decades since Operation Understanding, the United States has seen the creation of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the expansion of Employee Assistance Programs, and the development of evidence-based addiction treatment at scale. Each of these advances traces its roots, in part, to the courage of 52 people who stood on a stage in 1976.

Learn more about Operation Understanding at https://www.recovery2026.org/.

05/08/2026

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Understanding. On this day in 1976, 52 pioneers broke the silence of addiction. Their legacy is the global recovery movement of 2026.