Recovery Day 2023!
VERMONT IS RECOVERY STRONG


Recovery Vermont invites you to join us for Recovery Day, an annual advocacy celebration to honor the power of substance use disorder recovery. This year’s Recovery Day will be held on Wednesday, February 15th; additional details will be added soon!
Recovery Day 2023 is a celebration of recovery and the many pathways of the recovery journey, where we can listen to one another’s experiences and honor powerful individual transformations.
Recovery Day is also an opportunity to learn about the strengths and challenges of the many organizations that offer recovery support in our communities, and to envision what “recovery-friendly communities” could look like across Vermont.
Keep Scrolling for the Full Recovery Day 2023 Agenda
Would you like to share art, poetry, or words and photos for recognition or in memory of someone during Recovery Day?
We warmly invite and welcome your participation!Â
Keep reading for sharing details
During Recovery Day we will display a slideshow of art, poetry, or words and photos recognizing individual contributions to the recovery community or in memory of those we have lost. Please send us your submissions.
All submissions will be displayed in a slideshow during the Recovery Day event, and the slideshow will be available on our website following the event. We will credit you for your submission, including your name on the slide, unless you tell us that you would like to remain anonymous.
Details for how to share below:
- Instructions:
- Here is a sample submission.
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
- The image of your art you would like us to display, and a title if you want to
- Your name as you would like us to display it
- If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymousÂ
- Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “Art Submissions” Google Drive folder.
- Instructions:
- Here is a Sample submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
- Your poem as you would like us to display it
- Your name as you would like us to display it
- If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymousÂ
- Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “Poetry Submissions” Google Drive folder.Â
- Instructions:
- Here is a Sample Submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
- A photograph of the person you would like to recognize that you would like us to display
- The name of the person you would like to recognize
- A message you would like us to display with their name and photograph
- Your name as you would like us to display it
- If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymousÂ
- Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “People to Recognize” Google Drive folder.
- Instructions:
- Here is a Sample Submission
- Create a Google Doc or Word Document that includes:
- If you would like, a photograph of the person whose memory you would like to honorÂ
- The text that you would like to appear in honor of their life and memory
- Your name as you would like us to display it
- If you do not wish us to display your name, please write that you wish to remain anonymousÂ
- Your email and phone number so Recovery Vermont can contact you if needed. (This will NOT be displayed or posted.)
- Upload the Google Doc or Word Document to the “People to Honor in Memoriam” Google Drive folder.
Recovery Day ’23 Agenda
8:55 Webinar Opens
9:00 Welcome Remarks
9:15 Opening Remarks: Congresswoman Becca Balint
9:24 Recovery Story: Justin Johnston
9:30 Participant Reflection: What Does Recovery Mean to You?Â
9:37 Celebrating Recovery Coaches: Dr. Rick Marasa, MD
9:45 The Power of Recovery Organizations Panel Â
Panel Moderator
Astrid Bradish-Hoyt, CRC, Assistant Director of the Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield
Panel Members
Lila Benett, CRC, Director, Journey to Recovery Community Center, Newport
Margae Diamond, Director, Turning Point Center of Bennington
Michael Johnson, CRC, Director, Turning Point Recovery Center of Springfield
Bob Purvis, CRC, Director, Turning Point Center of Central Vermont
10:24 Recovery Story: Ryleigh BrunoÂ
10:30 Break (10 min)
10:40 Welcome Back from Break
10:41 Remarks: Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Department of Health Commissioner
10:47 Legislative Priorities: Gary De Carolis, Recovery Partners of VTÂ
10:54 Legislative Advocates: Priorities, Perspectives, Insights
Panel Moderator
Gary De Carolis
Panel Members
Representative Kathleen James
Representative Dane Whitman
Senator Becca White
11:17 Recovery Story: Crystal Bolio, “It takes a village….”!
11:23 Participant Reflection
11:27 Awards CeremonyÂ
Gary De Carolis presents the Lifetime Achievement Award to . . .Â
Daniel Franklin and Gregory Tatro present the Legislative Champion Award to . . .Â
Ed Baker presents the Jack Barry Communications Award to . . .
Tammy Bushell presents the Tammy Bushell Recovery-Friendly Workplaces Award to . . .Â
11:43 Creating Recovery-Friendly Workplaces: Mickey WilesÂ
11:49 Break (10 min)
11:59 Welcome Back from Break
12:03 Poetry Reading: Allie Mullin
12:07 Remarks by Senator Ginny Lyons, Chair of Senate Health &Â Welfare
12:13 Remarks by Jenney Samuelson, Secretary of the Agency of Human Services
12:19 Recovery Day Proclamation & Remarks by Monica Hutt, Chief Prevention Officer
12:25 Remarks by Dawn TatroÂ
12:35 Moment of Silence
12:36 Participant Reflection
12:37 Participant Reflection: Envisioning Recovery-Friendly Communities
Closing Remarks
Recovery Day is brought to you by Recovery Vermont thanks to the Vermont Department of Health, Division of Substance Use Programs (DSU), the Recovery Day Leadership Planning Team, and the recovery community of Vermont.




Ways to Get Involved

Nominate a stellar recovery communicator for the Jack Barry Communications Award that will be presented on Recovery Day!






Curious about Recovery Day?
Check out these videos to get a feel for the celebratory day!
The full recording of Recovery Day 2021 held on zoom!
This video was created in 2019 by Eva Solberger from Seven Days
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