Publisher's Letter

To everyone in the recovery community, it is time to celebrate! You have all worked hard, paid your dues and deserve every ounce of success and achievements you have earned while in recovery. For this reason, Recovery Solutions Magazine greatly rejoices with you and your loved ones. This edition of Recovery Solutions Magazine is truly a gift. I urge you all, our readers, to untie the ribbon and enjoy all the highly informative articles contributed by all the top leaders and professionals in the field of recovery.

In this edition, you can read about celebration of hope from H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, CAS, FASAM and who is the Director of Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Meet two veterans in the recovery community, Mr. Johnny Allem, President and CEO of Johnson Institute and Father Joseph Martin, Founder of Kelly Productions. You will be inspired by their stories and accomplishments in recovery.
Read about the interview conducted by Ken Seeley, BRI1 CNDAI which explores the federal government perspective about recovery and the future roles it will continue to play to enhance Recovery.
Find out what you can do to help end the mental health and substance abuse insurance discrimination by reading the article Wellstone, action call to end insurance discrimination by Olasimbo Olanusi,MD,FASAM.

Are you looking for Sober Ways to Spice up Your Holidays? Read about all the fun-filled ideas that the publisher of Recovery Solutions Magazine has to offer in this edition.
You will be proud to see the celebration of Recovery Month events across the country and all the dignitaries that were in support of the event. This includes
His Excellency Governor Mark Sanford of North Carolina, Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, Thomas Henderson and Tommy Ford.
The major key players in recovery, Pat Taylor, Teri Cline, PhD, David Whiters, PhD and the list goes on and on…………
Find out what Jill Wiedemann-West, the Senior Vice President of Clinical and Recovery Services at Hazelden has to say about handling addiction problems in the workplace and much more...........
This copy is a must for everybody whose life is touched in one way or another by the disease of addiction and who believes in the message of recovery. This will also be an excellent holiday gift to loved ones who suffer from the disease of addiction and an excellent gift idea to your loved ones. Happy celebration and happy holidays.

I’m a psychiatrist who trained at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta Georgia, with a a fellowship in the field of addiction psychiatry at Emory University, Atlanta Georgia. I enjoy treating patients in my private practice and cherish living in North West suburban part of Atlanta as a single parent.

This magazine is dedicated to the millions of people whose lives are touched in one way or another by the disease of addiction. With the sole purpose of furnishing them with information and guidance about their disease. Also this magazine is to create awareness in people who are still undecided about whether they suffer from addiction or not and hopefully motivate them to seek professional help for their disease. Those who are in recovery will receive information that will help them to maintain a sustained abstinence and recovery life style.

The disease of addiction is a very complex one that infiltrates every sphere of one's life. Mental, physical, and emotional are areas that will be adequately addressed in each of Recovery Solutions Magazine which will be a quarterly production. I welcome you all to our Volume 3 ,10th edition, and hope your lives are enriched by the information provided. I solicit your support to keep the Recovery Solutions magazine going by purchasing it and also referring people to us.

Regards,

Olasimbo Olanusi, MD, FASAM