At WA PAC, we believe that recovery is real and that YOU are the only one who can define what recovery means for you. Get connected and learn how community and peer support can help individuals that experience substance use and/or mental health challenges to overcome obstacles and improve the quality of their lives.
Today, when individuals with mental and/or substance use disorders seek help, they are met with the knowledge and belief that anyone can recover and/or manage their conditions successfully.
Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
Health - overcoming or managing one’s symptoms in order to make informed, healthy choices that support physical and emotional well-being.
Home - having a stable and safe place to live.
Purpose - conducting meaningful daily activities, such as a job, school, volunteerism, family caretaking, or creative endeavors, and the independence, income, and resources to participate in society.
Community - having relationships and social networks that provide support, friendship, love, and hope
Recovery support services help people enter into and navigate systems of care, remove barriers to recovery, stay engaged in the recovery process, and live full lives in communities of their choice.
Recovery support services include culturally and linguistically appropriate services that assist individuals and families working toward recovery from behavioral health challenges. They incorporate a full range of social, legal, and other services that facilitate recovery, wellness, and linkage to and coordination among service providers, and other supports shown to improve quality of life for people in and seeking recovery, and their families.
learn moreRecovery support services include access to evidence-based practices such as supported employment, education, and housing; assertive community treatment; illness management; and peer-operated services for all ages, including young people. The broad range of service delivery options ensures the life experiences of all people are valued and represented. And most importantly, peer support workers provide a person with one-on-one support.
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Recovery support for people of all ages is provided through treatment services by behavioral health care providers, and community-based programs utilizing peer support workers with personal experience in recovery.
Peer support services are a key component of recovery. Peer support services are delivered by individuals who have shared behavioral health experiences with the people they are serving. This mutuality between a peer support worker and a person in recovery (or seeking recovery) promotes connection and inspires hope. The role of a peer support worker complements, but does not duplicate or replace, the roles of therapists, case managers, and other members of a treatment team.
Peer support workers inspire hope that people can and do recover; walk with people on their recovery journeys; dispel myths about what it means to have a mental health or substance use challenge; link people to tools and resources; and support people in identifying their goals and creating a roadmap for getting there.
