"Recovery capital has a contagious quality.  It is time we all became its carriers". William White

Recovery Overview

Most people with substance use problems can and do recover. According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 7 in 10 (72.2 percent or 20.9 million) adults who ever had a substance use problem considered themselves to be recovering or in recovery (HHS, 2023). A peer-reviewed study co-authored by Dr. John Kelly in 2017 reported that almost 22.3 million Americans, more than 9% of adults, use traditional and non-traditional means to live in recovery after some form of substance-use disorder. The authors suggest increasing the resources, community-based options, and opportunities available to support long-term recovery (Kelly et al., 2017).

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The PTTC Network was thrilled to accept the "Prevention Excellence" award from the National Prevention Network and NASADAD at the 2023 NPN Conference. It is our honor and privilege to serve the prevention workforce and we look forward to many more years supporting the front-line of substance-use prevention! This work saves lives and prevention is our best investment!

The initiative, often referred to as HEAL, is an NIH-wide effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis. Almost every NIH Institute and Center is accelerating research to address this public health emergency from all angles. 
The initiative funds more than one thousand projects across the United States. Researchers are taking a variety of approaches to address the opioid epidemic by: 
*Understanding, managing, and treating pain *Improving prevention and treatment for opioid misuse and addiction