September is National Recovery Month and this year we are celebrating and supporting recovery from

addiction with a recovery focused community event. We know that recovery from addiction affects

EVERYONE and there are resources and supports available in our community! Whether you’re a child, mother, father, sister, brother, friend, co-worker, or struggling to fight this fight yourself; you live in a

community that is behind you!

Statistics:

Per the Indiana State Department of Health, drug overdose deaths in Indiana have been on

the rise for almost two decades, with a loss of more than 15,000 Hoosiers since 1999. In 2017,

Indiana reached its highest age-adjusted drug overdose rate at 29.4 per 100,000, a statistically

significant 22% increase from 2016. The Indiana 2017 rate was also significantly higher than

the national rate of 21.7 per 100,000. From 2016-2017, Indiana had the third-highest drug

overdose rate increase in the nation behind only New Jersey (29%) and Nebraska (26%).

In 2017, there were over 1,800 drug overdose deaths in Indiana averaging five Hoosiers a

day. These numbers have skyrocketed since the appearance of COVID-19.

The event will include:

Free T-Shirts to the 1st 75 people that show up

Free wristbands

Live Music

Recovery stories

JC Cocina Food Truck

Resource booths

Narcan

HIV/HEP C screenings

Bounce houses

Corn Hole tournament

For more information or to sponsor the event, contact:

Macy Simmons, CAPRC II, CHW/CRS, MATS

Director of Recovery Support Services

Integrative Wellness, LLC 

Macy.jones@inwell.org

765-259-3457

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