[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12119]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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 RECOGNIZING HOPE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE RECOVERY DURING NATIONAL RECOVERY 
                                 MONTH

 Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize National 
Recovery Month and to applaud the accomplishments of a great 
organization in my home State: HOPE for New Hampshire Recovery. As New 
Hampshire battles a growing heroin and prescription opioid abuse 
crisis, the team at HOPE has brought a compassionate approach to caring 
for their fellow Granite Staters. Across our State, HOPE has opened six 
recovery centers in Manchester, Derry, Newport, Claremont, Concord, and 
Berlin. I was glad to join them at many of these grand opening 
ceremonies. These centers are important community resources, and I 
appreciate their work to reach every corner of our State. On Sunday, 
September 17, 2016, HOPE is hosting the Rally4Recovery NH, so that New 
Hampshire residents can show support for their families, friends, 
neighbors, and loved ones living in or seeking recovery.
  National Recovery Month is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration as a means to bring greater 
awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and 
to celebrate people in recovery.
  Ensuring support exists for policies, programs, and initiatives that 
can lead to long-term recovery is a critically important piece of our 
comprehensive response to the heroin and prescription opioid abuse 
epidemic. This crisis touches all of us and as a significant public 
health crisis; our response must be comprehensive in nature, focusing 
on prevention, treatment, recovery, and support for first responders, 
in addition to working together to eliminate the stigma associated with 
addiction. National Recovery Month helps bring awareness to the efforts 
of groups like HOPE, who work in their communities to provide long-term 
resources for individuals seeking and in recovery.
  We are fortunate for the dedicated work that HOPE does on a daily 
basis to support recovery in New Hampshire, and I am deeply grateful 
for their efforts to change the conversation around substance use 
disorders and show that long-term recovery is achievable. As we 
recognize National Recovery Month this September, I applaud 
organizations like HOPE for New Hampshire Recovery that are making 
significant differences in their communities and helping to save and 
improve lives.

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