"Transformation of the Culture of Recovery in America" was presented on Tuesday October 18, 2011; by William L. White, MA; Senior Research Consultant, Chestnut Health System. For almost three centuries, people recovering from severe alcohol and other drug problems have found ways to help each other initiate and sustain their recovery journeys. Today, recovering people, their families, and visionary professionals have responded to the stigma, criminalization, and lack of appropriate medical care associated with severe alcohol and other drug problems by creating an unprecedented growth in new structures of recovery support. This presentation will explore recent recovery community building activities and the influence they will exert on the future of addiction treatment and recovery in America. William White is one of the world’s best-know and most influential advocates, authors and public speakers on the subject of recovery from addiction. He has authored or coauthored more than 350 articles and monographs and fifteen books, including "Let's Go Make Some History: Chronicles of the New Addiction Recovery Advocacy Movement," "Pathways From The Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery," and "Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America" which received the McGovern Family Foundation Award for the best book on addiction recovery. This program is part of the FREE, annual Dawn Farm Education Series. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For information, please contact Matt Statman, LLMSW, CADC, Education Series Coordinator, at 734-485-8725 or info@dawnfarm.org, or see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.

1. The Culture of Recovery in America: Recent Developments & Their Significance Bill White Chestnut Health Systems Email: [email_address]

8. Blue Ribbon Reform Club Pledge Card

11. Faith-based Recovery

12. Early Treatment Institutions

13. Early Treatment Institutions

44. The Recovery Home Movement: 2010 Oxford House Convention

45. Recovery & Education

46. Recovery within Faith Communities

47. Cultural Visibility & Advocacy (with Anonymity)

48. Recovery-focused Community Education

49. Recovery Community Centers

50. Recovery Media

51. Recovery & Community Service: Baltimore Recovery Corps

52. Recovery Arts: Philadelphia Recovery Murals

53. Recovery Sports: Phoenix Multisport

54. Recovery & Music