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SAARA Featured on Comcast Newsmakers
Posted on February 04, 2012http://www.saara.org/ - SAARA (Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance) was recently featured on Comcast Newsmakers. Doug Fleming (Recovery Coach & ROES Coordinator) took some time to sit....
SAARA Fall Festival
Posted on February 01, 2012SAARA - http://www.saara.org - Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance - This marked the first annual Fall Festival for SAARA, and the event was a great success. More than 200 of our friends,....
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SAARA FACTS
“ Eighteen months to two years is the recommended length of active addiction treatment to achieve sustained recovery.”
“ More than 704,000 individuals in Virginia need treatment for a substance use disorder, but at least 80% of those people are not receiving treatment.”
“ Treatment services need to move from an acute care model to a recovery management model in order to help people initiate and sustain recovery.”
Sources: VACSB Presentation from SJR318 Study Committee, 2009; SAARA Stigma Workshop, 2008; NIDA InfoFacts, 2008-2009