September is Recovery Month and Suicide Prevention Month
Recovery Month 2025 occurs throughout the month of September and serves to educate the public and celebrate the accomplishments of people in recovery from mental and substance use disorders. Key goals include increasing public understanding, challenging the stigma associated with these conditions, and promoting the availability of treatment and the reality that recovery is possible. Various organizations, including the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), offer toolkits and resources to support the month’s activities. National Recovery Month (Recovery Month), which started in 1989, is a national observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible. SAMHSA aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery.
SAMSHA National Addiction Counselor Day is Saturday 9/20/25.
Where to Find Resources SAMHSA:.
The CDC: Provides toolkits with social media content, resources, and promotional materials to share information about recovery.
Faces & Voices of Recovery: Offers resources and toolkits for partners, including information on supporting teens in recovery.
NAADAC (National Association for Addiction Professionals: An organization that celebrates those in recovery and holds events, including a luncheon in Washington D.C. NAADAC. Provides information about the goals and importance of National Recovery Month.
The Texas Association of Addiction Professionals firmly upholds values that support of our unique members and the clients they serve. TAAP will establish and sustain policies that promote understanding of the intersection of social, political, economic, and environmental practices and race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, and religion. All members are encouraged to strive for competence in understanding how these factors affect them professionally.
It is our goal to promote knowledge, awareness, and competence, not only within our organization, but throughout the state of Texas. TAAP will establish initiatives that increase the sensitivity and competence, as well as the professionalism, of our leaders and members, and build as well as sustain relationships with other professional organizations.
What is Professional Impact?
Professional Impact is anything ( race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, language, (dis)ability, age, religious commitment, or political perspective) that may impact your ability to work in a professional and conducive environment. Professional Impact Committee promotes justice, impartiality and fairness within the procedures, processes, and distribution of resources by institutions or systems. We want every TAAP member to feel and/or know they are welcomed. Inclusion outcomes are met when you, your institution, and your program are truly inviting to all and individuals are able to participate fully in the decision-making processes and development opportunities within an organization or group.
All Addiction Professionals Must Rise to Meet This Challenge
As a professional association we seek to make meaningful connection regardless of how someone may differ from us?