What is FindingMyRecovery?
FindingMyRecovery is a positive, strengths-focused website to support people in recovery from mental health, addiction, and co-occurring disorders.
Why was FindingMyRecovery developed?
FindingMyRecovery was developed to expand and enhance treatment and recovery to rural communities across Tennessee. FindingMyRecovery provides a web-based peer-to-peer recovery support via private and group chats, blogs and personal profiles. The project closes the gap for service access by offering a technology-driven alternate for individuals with limited or no access to treatment and recovery for substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders. The project provides screening for co-occurring disorders as well as optimizing use of technology-based treatment.
What do the Recovery Coaches do?
The Recovery Coaches facilitate chat rooms that help people with real-life situations impacting their recovery. Topics like stress reduction, managing symptoms and cravings, relapse prevention planning are discussed with the Recovery Coaches during chats. We incorporate three evidence-based models to increase engagement into services, offer hope in recovery and provide recovery skills via web-based chat rooms and blogs. Using Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change Model as well as peer-to-peer recovery concepts, the program model is grounded in h3 practice strategies that will ensure positive outcomes for those being served.
Is there a fee for using FindingMyRecovery?
There is no fee to use the program. For the first three years, FindingMyRecovery was funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Why use FindingMyRecovery.org?
We know that support is an important factor in recovery. FindingMyRecovery offers support from peers as well as professionals and gives participants flexibility in how and when they access services. Using FindingMyRecovery allows participants to:
- Communicate with others in recovery through chat rooms. The chat rooms are monitored by people in recovery, offering real-life guidance and coaching from experienced Recovery Coaches.
- Develop personalized profile includes inspirational messages, reminders and tips that help participants stay focused on recovery goals.
- Use personal blogs to express feelings and experiences as participants build recovery skills.
- See their progress by completing interactive self-tests.
Who is findingMyRecovery?
Tonya Holman, CPRS is the program manager. Lary Latzman CPRS is our Recovery Coach and Danny Murton is the Systems Management Coordinator. In addition to our VBHCS team, Katie Benedetto Jones is our web-builder, programmer and consultant for the project.