Nevada's Recovery Community

Find your community. Foundation for Recovery is Nevada’s statewide Recovery Community Organization – a community nonprofit led by volunteers and staff in recovery from mental health and substance use disorders. Together we support people and families struggling and create a sense of community among those of us with lived-experience. We focus on our strengths, not our illness.

Last year, nearly 30,000 people attended mutual-aid and support groups at our Recovery Community Centers.
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Recovery Support.

Our focus is strength-based support for anyone in need. We provide one-on-one peer support, group meetings, and sober-social events to promote and enhance recovery support systems across Nevada.

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Education & Training.

Upgrade your skills with free courses and workshops developed for a range of audiences. Whether you’re a peer support specialist, employer, faith-leader, or clinician, we have something for you. 

Advocacy & Activism.

Organizing our communities and advocating for people and families impacted by addiction. It’s time we start seeing people with lived-experience as a resource, not a liability.

 

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What you'll find here

Our programs and initiatives span across Nevada, including urban, rural, and frontier communities. Our Recovery Community Centers provide warm and enriching spaces for anyone seeking support and a sense of community.

Individualized Peer Support

One-on-one support to help you achieve your goals in recovery. Work with your own peer support specialist and create a recovery plan to meet your needs and goals.

Mutual-Aid & Group Support

Our recovery community centers provide space for many mutual-aid meetings and support groups available to the community most times of the day.

Amenities & Resources

Find a range of resources and supportive amenities. Recycled clothing, wifi and computer labs, library and literature, transportation assistance and more.

Events & Activities

Through partnerships and the talented skills of people from local communities of recovery, we plan fun and engaging events and activities throughout the week.

Workshops & Classes

Prepare for college, finish your GED, learn a new skill, or develop your understanding of recovery and addiction. In-person, online, and on-demand classes.

Advocacy

Together, we advocate to combat stigma, prevent overdose, and enhance community recovery supports in Nevada.

Firsthand Stories

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Carly's Story

This is Carly’s story. The editor and chief at Google’s Daily Insider. After using drugs and alcohol to cope with major depression, she went to rehab and reclaimed her life. Now in recovery, she leads a key part of her employer’s internal communications.

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Quinnie's Story

This is Queenie’s story. She had a child at 16-at 20 felt like she’d been missing out and started using drugs and alcohol. Now in recovery, she helps high-risk pregnant women with opiate dependency. Today, she’s a peer recovery support specialist working with pregnant women.

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Skip's Story

This is Skip’s story. After serving in Vietnam, he struggled with PTSD and addiction. Now in recovery for 35 years he works to help veterans with PTSD and VA benefits and has trained peer recovery support specialists across Nevada.

Volunteer & Serve

Learn how you can be of service and give back to Nevada’s recovery community and help people struggling with substance use.

Newsroom

The Recovery Current

A statewide publication curated by people and families in recovery across Nevada. The Recovery Current is your source for all Nevada recovery news, updates, and current events.

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Southern Nevada Recovery Community Center

Our Activities Calendar

  • One-on-one Peer Recovery Support
  • Mutual Aid Meetings & Support Groups
  • Women’s Empowerment Workshops
  • GED or High school Equivalent Preparation
  • Overdose Prevention Training and naloxone (Narcan) Access Point
  • Computers
  • Library
  • Bus Passes
  • Recycled Clothing (Caring Closet)
  • Peer Recovery Support Specialist Training
  • Lounge Area
  • Classrooms & meeting spaces

The Southern Nevada Recovery Community Center offers several spaces open to the groups and organizations to rent for meetings, support groups, trainings, and events. Learn more or contact therooms@forrecovery.org for more information.

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Person-Directed Recovery

Person-centered recovery is directed, as much as possible by the person – including decisions about who should be included in the process.  The planning identifies just a few small, but meaningful, short-term changes that the individual can focus on helping to reduce some of the barriers or challenges moving forward.  Person centered care should be central to all recovery frameworks.

*Adapted from Person-Centered Care and Planning by Neal Adams, MD, MPH, and Diane Grieder, M.Ed.