2015 -- S 0872

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF RHODE ISLAND'S

RECOVERY COACHES AND CONGRATULATING THE 2ND GRADUATING CLASS OF

THE RECOVERY COACH ACADEMY

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Felag, Lombardi, Archambault, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, A recovery coach is a mentor, a guide, a manager and an all-around support

system for persons recovering from addiction; and

     WHEREAS, As a non-clinician, the recovery coach helps by removing or lessening the

personal and environmental struggles to recovery, and assists individuals and their families in

finding the resources necessary for achieving and maintaining a successful recovery; and

     WHEREAS, The objective for each recovery coach is to keep their client sober and to

help restore a sense of functionality to their life. Recovery coaching is about preventing relapse,

providing structure and a sense of safety in order to protect the client’s fragile recovery in early

sobriety; and

     WHEREAS, In Rhode Island, Anchor Recovery and Community Centers, located in

Pawtucket, Warwick, and Cranston, encourage people "in all stages of recovery to come to the

center, make new friends, or meet old ones, and just enjoy a safe place to be" while they are on

their journey through recovery; and

      WHEREAS, Rhode Island's recovery coaches and Anchor Recovery and Community

Centers greatly improve the likelihood of a positive outcome for individuals in need by offering

the opportunity, hope, and resources to live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives without using

drugs or alcohol; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby honors Rhode Island's recovery coaches and congratulates the newly State Certified Peer

Recovery Specialists from the 2nd graduating class of the Recovery Coach Academy and Anchor

Recovery and Community Centers for their dedicated efforts and achievements in helping

individuals to find a path to successful recovery; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Michelle M. Harter, CRC, Manager, Anchor

Recovery and Community Centers.

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