Reading and sharing family recovery stories are some of the most powerful ways to nurture hope and healing. Recovery stories can offer hope to families that have forgotten or didn’t know hope was possible after a diagnosis. Recovery stories remind us that although the recovery process is not always linear, with recovery education, support and self-determination, even severe emotional distress can lead to recovery, growth and transformation.
While every family’s recovery process is unique, there is much that we can learn from each other’s journeys. We hope you will find inspiration in these recovery stories, and we invite you to share your family’s stories. There is much healing to be found in the process.
A Mother Bear's Story
Mother Bear CAN's founder finds recovery for her family by creating a community of hope and healing.
Remembering Kate
Recovery Movement Leader and WRAP® author Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D., shares her family's story.
Reclaiming a Healthly Life
A daughter finds hope for her parent's recovery from a lifetime of mental health challenges.
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Lisbeth Riis Cooper and the
Mother Bear Community Action Network
YWCA Transformation Honoree
of the Year 2011
Rethinking Psychiatry
by author Robert Whitaker
Music and the Brain: Depression
and Creativity Symposium
ELC Sustainability Internship -
CooperRiis
Surviving Depression
by author Therese Borchard
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