The Recovery Round-Up Blog
Red Rose Recovery’s Lune Street Hub – First Christmas
More Listening, More Learning, More Love: Red Rose Recovery’s Wishes for 2023
Recovery Rocks! Red Rose Sets the Beat for Music Therapy
The Life I Always Wished For: Sarah’s Story
Poetry Corner – Take Two
A Safe Space: Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment at Red Rose Recovery
Jagged Little Pill: The Hidden Cost of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse
Mental Health and Substance Misuse Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Poetry Corner with Fred Mansfield
Our Health and Social Care Star of 2022 with the Lancashire Adult Learning Awards
About the Recovery Round Up Blog
The vision for the blog is to open up a space where those in and around our community can share stories, explore ideas, highlight issues, and celebrate successes. People in, or working towards, recovery from substance misuse are diverse – there is no typical ‘person in recovery’ – so we want to ensure that our blog content reflects that by keeping conditions and guidelines to a minimum: the only requirement is that the article is in some way recovery-related. Future posts could, for example, draw attention to a new project or initiative in the localities we work in; celebrate individual stories of recovery and transformation; examine a recent news story, government report or policy announcement concerning drugs or alcohol; profile one of the many unsung heroes in our community quietly doing amazing work without fanfare; offer guidance, advice and hope to those seeking, or new to, recovery; or showcase an individual’s talent for poetry or creative writing.
Blogs offer the opportunity to take a deeper look at issues, concerns, developments and debates, and have a potentially global audience. While our work on the ground is focused on Lancashire, our voices need not be limited by geography – they can be heard across continents and oceans. Our hope is that our little biweekly blog will bring nuance and compassion to questions of addiction and recovery which are all too frequently misunderstood and over-simplified, often in ways which reinforce stereotypes or amplify stigma.
The success of this venture depends on people being willing to make their voices heard, so please consider contributing. It is not necessary to be an experienced or confident writer: we can assist with that side of things as much or as little as needed. If you have an idea, big or small, serious or light-hearted, please contact jennie.chapman@redroserecovery.org.uk / 0737 555 8075.