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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING AND THANKING THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF RHODE ISLAND'S

RECOVERY COACHES AND CONGRATULATING THE 2ND GRADUATING CLASS OF

THE RECOVERY COACH ACADEMY

     

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Felag, Lombardi, Archambault, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2015

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, A recovery coach is a mentor, a guide, a manager and an all-around support

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system for persons recovering from addiction; and

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     WHEREAS, As a non-clinician, the recovery coach helps by removing or lessening the

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personal and environmental struggles to recovery, and assists individuals and their families in

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finding the resources necessary for achieving and maintaining a successful recovery; and

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     WHEREAS, The objective for each recovery coach is to keep their client sober and to

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help restore a sense of functionality to their life. Recovery coaching is about preventing relapse,

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providing structure and a sense of safety in order to protect the client’s fragile recovery in early

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sobriety; and

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     WHEREAS, In Rhode Island, Anchor Recovery and Community Centers, located in

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Pawtucket, Warwick, and Cranston, encourage people "in all stages of recovery to come to the

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center, make new friends, or meet old ones, and just enjoy a safe place to be" while they are on

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their journey through recovery; and

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      WHEREAS, Rhode Island's recovery coaches and Anchor Recovery and Community

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Centers greatly improve the likelihood of a positive outcome for individuals in need by offering

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the opportunity, hope, and resources to live happy, healthy, and fulfilling lives without using

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drugs or alcohol; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby honors Rhode Island's recovery coaches and congratulates the newly State Certified Peer

 

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Recovery Specialists from the 2nd graduating class of the Recovery Coach Academy and Anchor

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Recovery and Community Centers for their dedicated efforts and achievements in helping

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individuals to find a path to successful recovery; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Michelle M. Harter, CRC, Manager, Anchor

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Recovery and Community Centers.

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