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Hope Council on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse, Inc.

Offering hope; helping to heal

Stigma & Recovery Dialects

Words Matter! Help reduce stigma and discrimination towards substance use and recovery by choosing the correct language and labels depending on the setting you are in.

Source: Ashford RD, e. (2018). Substance use, recovery, and linguistics: The impact of word choice on explicit and implicit bias. - PubMed - NCBI. [online] Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29913324/.

Recovery Dialects (PDF)
The Deadly Stigma of Addiction by Dr. Richard Juman
Anti-Stigma Toolkit (PDF)

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Hope Council on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse, Inc.
5942 – 6th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140
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Phone: (262) 658-8166
Fax: (262) 658-8210
info@hopecouncil.org

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Mondays & Wednesdays: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays:  8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Fridays: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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The mission of the Hope Council is to reduce the impact of substance use disorders in our community by providing education, prevention, intervention, and referral services.

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