Equal SRQ

09/17/2026

Recovery in Balance is feeling excited with Equal SRQ about weekly Qigong! Who's coming Fri?

09/11/2026

Five days. 40 hours. A room full of people who've lived it, learning how to turn that experience into skilled, ethical peer support. Our newest class of peer candidates spent this week deep in role-play, discussion, and reflection — building the shared foundation every Certified Recovery Peer Specialist needs: advocacy, cultural humility, self-care, professional boundaries, and recovery-centered practice. It's intensive. It's personal. And it's how Sarasota's peer workforce keeps growing. Welcome to this new class of peer candidates.

09/11/2026

Shanah Tovah!

As our friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah reflect and look ahead to a sweet new year, we're reminded that renewal is at the heart of recovery too — one day, one connection, one small shift at a time.

Wishing a happy and healthy new year to all who celebrate.

09/10/2026

What if the revolving door in addiction treatment is partly a system-design problem?

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is testing that question with a new approach to substance use disorder treatment.

The numbers explain why.

Last year, about 12,700 people received substance use disorder treatment in the county, costing nearly $100 million.

Two-thirds of residential admissions involved people returning for a second, third or fourth stay. One in five of those individuals was returning for at least a fifth stay.

Two-thirds of residential admissions involved people returning for a second, third or fourth stay. One in five of those individuals was returning for at least a fifth stay.

And roughly $1 of every $7 spent on residential treatment went to people who had already experienced 10 or more rehab stays.

So the county isn't simply adding more residential treatment.
Its new Recovery Partnership Plan focuses on what happens between and after treatment episodes: stronger outpatient care, better transitions between providers, expanded recovery housing and step-down care, medication continuity, centralized navigation, and outreach to people repeatedly cycling through treatment and crisis systems.
And peers have a specific role.

The county plans to use outreach workers with lived recovery experience to stay connected with people at high risk of relapse, re-engage people who fall out of care, and help bridge the gap between individuals and medical providers.
One other number stood out: 44% of people had access to medication during residential treatment, but only 18% still had access a year later.
Repeated treatment will sometimes be necessary. Recovery isn't linear.

But if substance use disorder is a chronic condition, perhaps the measure of a strong system isn't simply how well we treat someone while they're inside it.
It's how well we stay connected when they leave.
And that may be exactly where peers have something important to offer.

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Source: 90.5 WESA — September 9, 2026
https://www.wesanews.org/health-science-tech/2026-09-09/allegheny-county-plan-substance-use-disorder-chronic-condition

09/08/2026

It's bead time again! 🧿 Comment or text to RSVP! Info below 👇
Date : Friday, September 11, 2026
Time : 4:30 to 6:00pm
Place : The Center of Light
Address : 2727 Browning St.
(Across the street from normal location)
Drinks, snacks and materials will be provided! See you then! 💜
🧿 🧡💚 👫👭 💜

09/08/2026

Friday - come try something new!

09/08/2026

09/08/2026

What happens when you hand a real community challenge to a room full of talented young people? You get The Shipyard. ❤️

EqualSRQ was fortunate to bring one of our real challenges to teams of student innovators this weekend, and to watch them question it, rework it, and build something new.

A huge thank you to Anand Pallegar and the whole DreamLarge team, including Lisa Wood and Julia Groom, for creating this experience. Thank you to Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota Ford, and MakSchu Productions, LLC for making it possible.

And most of all — thank you to the students who gave us their weekend, their energy, and their ideas. We came to The Shipyard with a challenge. We left with new ideas, new connections, and a lot of gratitude.

Take a peek - the demo is live:
https://wayfinderjobs.org/