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Celebrated annually every September, Recovery Month aims to teach Americans that treatment programs and mental health services can help those with drug addictions and substance use disorders to live healthy and rewarding lives.

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Would it be chaos? Would it be silence? Would mom or dad be high or drunk? Would they even be home?

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“Loving someone with addiction is heartbreaking. Loving someone in recovery is heartwarming.”

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“Recovery means freedom. Freedom to be who I am, to be who I want to be. Freedom to do what I want to do, and the freedom to continue writing the rest of my story. Freedom to make my dreams come true and to dream again.”