Listening to Echoes of Our Own History
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History is never linear, although it is often perceived as such (White, 2012). This is also true for the history of addiction recovery in America, which has witnessed numerous cycles of growth and decline (White, 2012). There have been periods of rapid expansion of services and increased public acceptance of addiction and individuals affected by it, followed by phases of significant contraction (White, 2012).
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William Stauffer is the Executive Director of Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Alliance (PRO-A), the statewide recovery community organization of PA. He has run public SUD treatment and recovery community organizations for well over 3 decades and teaches Social Work at Misericordia University in Dallas PA. A person in long term recovery, in 2018, he testified to US Senate Special Committee on Aging on the opioid epidemic and older adults. William is the 2019 recipient of the Vernon Johnson Award Recovery Advocate of the year at the America Honors Recovery dinner. Recently, he served on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s transition team.
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