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
765-259-3457
