CCAR, one of the nineteen Recovery Community Support Program grantees, has taken a very active roll to Put A Face On Recovery. In Illinois, we applaud CCAR s vision and have chosen to adopt it to unify the efforts of our constituents across the country. Despite all the medical breakthroughs, research, and advancements in the treatment of this disease, American society fails to fully acknowledge addiction of alcohol and drugs as a medical disease.
Many people continue to view addiction as a moral weakness.
Just as we applaud those people who quit smoking, we must applaud and support people in recovery from the disease of addiction to alcohol and other drugs. The time has come to unite. The time has come for all of society to recognize addiction as a medical disease and treat it accordingly.