In this episode of the Recovery Rebirth Podcast we explore the concept of recovery capital. The major aspects include: personal, community, and social. Whether it’s improving access to housing, healthy food, recovery coaches, etc. recovery capital supports sustained, long-term recovery. The continuum of care is a crucial aspect of recovery. 

We highlight the discrepancy in access to recovery for communities of color or other marginalized communities. As William Cope-Moyers says, “addiction doesn’t discriminate, neither should recovery”  

We discuss the importance of peer support.during recovery–people who understand our lived experience.  We also talk about the positive impact to the economy by supporting people in  Recovery capital is measurable in other tangible ways, which increases opportunities for funding. Historically, the funding has been focused on prevention vs. treatment and sustained recovery because there has been more data to back up the efficacy.  Recovery capital offers the ability to measure the data.

Resources

https://recoverycapital.io/

https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/2019/10/08/recovery-capital-its-role-in-sustaining-recovery/

https://r1learning.com/blog/2020/recoverycapital

https://www.chestnut.org/Resources/4c4bb112-3d59-4984-98cb-3b637378965a/Recovery-Capital-Scale.pdf

https://www.naadac.org/assets/2416/whitewlcloudw2008_recovery_capital_a_primer.pdf

https://recovery.gloo.us/rci

Books

https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Clean-Overcoming-Addiction-Treatment/dp/0814715826

Podcasts 

https://open.spotify.com/show/1gw27uGEHw3QDT5BkifWBR

Recovery Rebirth Podcast — Sponsorship and Accountability with mentions of recovery Capital

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