This new book for advocates in recovery is the core text for the Recovery Ambassador Workshops. Written by Johnny Allem, the book covers basic skills in organizing, message building, fund raising and dealing with policy makers. In the foreword, U.S. Representative Jim Ramstad says: “I highly recommend “Speaking Out” as a resource for all recovering people, as well as families and friends, who strive to carry the message and seek to make a difference.”
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This new book is the text for The Rush Center of the Johnson Institute Faith Team building ministry. In recent years, the Johnson Institute has partnered with “Faith Partners” to enhance a team ministry model that engages lay congregational members in awareness, referral and support for individuals and families afflicted and affected by alcohol and other drug addiction. This book is the story of that work and a resource document for its replication. The authors bring a passion for this work drawn from abundant restoration of human potential and a skill for contextual program design and teaching. Trish Merrill, founder of Faith Partners, is a public health nurse with broad and varied experience in parish service and public policy. Johnny Allem, president for Johnson Institute, brings a career in journalism, business, government, and non-profit management.
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Choose from 144 titles of books and videos developed in Johnson Institute’s 40 years of innovation in the field of chemical dependency. These proven resources are distributed by the Hazelden Foundation.To view this list, visit
www.hazeldenbookplace.org and enter "Johnson Institute" in the quick search feature.
The Journal is designed as another resource for the faith community to respond and support addiction prevention and recovery ministries. Launching this quarterly magazine is an important milestone in the Johnson Institute’s 40 year history of innovation in the addiction recovery field.
The Faith Partners Journal is both an instructional guide with practical how-to tips on how congregations can be more effective in the early recognition and treatment of addiction disease. Each issue will show how “champions” from various team ministries operate, what their keys to success are and their commitment to recovery. There will also be special reports by representatives of faith-based team ministries as well as reports by clergy on the latest issues. There will be tips on advocacy, tools to equip faith ministries, religious perspectives from all denominations and faiths, book reviews, and more.
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Share the Spirit. Bring home this powerful celebration of recovery today. The DVD is the program of the 2004 America Honors Recovery Luncheon from the Ballroom of the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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Find out if your congregation could benefit from a team that helps individuals and families with prevention, early intervention, referral assistance, and recovery support related to alcohol and other drug problems. Use this step-by-step guide to educate your leadership, stimulate volunteer interest, evaluate your opportunity, and start this proven ministry in your congregation. Each KIT includes: brochures detailing the Rush Center’s team services, 2 Healing Places books, 6 copies of the Faith Partners Journal, People of Faith – Partners in Prevention Video, and telephone consultation with Rush Center staff.
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Find out if your congregation could benefit from a team that helps individuals and families with prevention, early intervention, referral assistance, and recovery support related to alcohol and other drug problems. Use this step-by-step guide to educate your leadership, stimulate volunteer interest, evaluate your opportunity, and start this proven ministry in your congregation. Each KIT includes: brochures detailing the Rush Center’s team services, 2 Healing Places books, 6 copies of the Faith Partners Journal, People of Faith – Partners in Prevention Video, and telephone consultation with Rush Center staff.
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Enjoy the story of America’s New Recovery Advocacy Movement and celebrate the people and process of addiction recovery with this new book published by the Johnson Institute. Let’s Go Make Some History is a collection of essays and articles by William L. White, author of
Slaying the Dragon – The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America.
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