Advocacy with Anonymity is a pamphlet copublished by Join Together and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. It answers the question, "How can I stand up for my rights without violating the anonymity tradition of my twelve-step group?"
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Feature on PAR Member Tony Thornton
10/Sep/2006 10:21
Tony Thornton spent the next 20 years doing menial jobs and abusing alcohol and drugs. He was strung out on crack until a rehab program saved his life more>>

Judy's Story
My name is Judy W.  I am incarcerated at (Blank) County Correctional Center in Kentucky.  more>>

Par member and Webmaster Mike Barry has recently been interviewed by several news organizations regarding his personal story and the establishment of the Louisville Angel Programs.

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Testimony before the Kentucky Drug Summit
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Addiction Professional article-Mike Barry (PDF Format)

Profiles of Recovery Advocacy in Action
The fifth in Faces and Voices of Recovery series of interviews with recovery advocates from across the country by Bill White and Pat Taylor features the President of People Advocating Recovery (PAR), Mike Barry. Learn more…

Grieving mother worked to change law:

Charlotte Wethington is convinced her son would be alive if she could have signed him into a treatment center and kept him there until he was free. But through her perseverance, families from Ashland to Paducah, Ky., who have someone struggling with addiction now can do what Kentucky law wouldn't let her do for her son. more>>

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