This week’s episode is a Community Spotlight on an organization out of Washington state called ‘Recovery Beyond’. Recovery Beyond uses the outdoors to help addicts achieve a life of sobriety and thrive in an outdoor setting while nurturing important connections and relationships necessary in recovery. The program started as ‘Climbing Out of Homelessness’ in Seattle. Climbing Out of Homelessness took people in addiction recovery and put them on a training program to summit Mount Rainier. Now, Recovery Beyond has taken that mission and incorporated a variety of other outdoor adventures to help members of the community in their recovery journey.
Trail Talk Host Lauren Toner is joined in this episode with Recovery Beyond Executive Director, Megan Wright, and Staff Member who was also a former program participant, Angie Buggert. Megan and Angie share both their experiences in recovery and what the mission of Recovery Beyond means to them.
If you’d like more information about Recovery Beyond, visit: https://recoverybp.org/
If you’re interested in volunteering and/or donating to Recovery Beyond, visit: Recovery Beyond | Donate (recoverybp.org)
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About Recovery Beyond
Learn More About Recovery Beyond
At Recovery Beyond, we see recovery as an adventure! We believe recovery is an active, spirited way of living that is rooted in the joy and freedom of genuine health and wholeness. Since 2011, our community has grown by offering consistent, accessible, adventure-based experiences led by peers for peers.
Recovery Beyond’s peer-driven model works in partnership with treatment programs, community organizations, and behavioral health systems to provide critical success factors for long-term recovery:
- health – tools for learning to manage the symptoms of substance use disorder and making positive choices;
- purpose – meaningful activities, exploration of interests, and development of life goals; and
- community – a network of recovering individuals and their allies who offer support, encouragement, and hope.
Through physical activity, positive relationships, and goal setting, we offer participants a sense of purpose and belonging. Our programming fosters ‘health and wholeness’ as participants experience feelings of accomplishment, community, and opportunities for adventure.
We believe it is never too late to pursue personal goals and dreams, to value self and others, and to become a unified core of health in body, mind, and spirit.
FIRST TIMERS WITH MEGAN WRIGHT: Sober Curator Megan Wright is the Executive Director of Recovery Beyond, a mother and wife, and purveyor of the philosophy “When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”
Follow along with Megan’s recovery journey and all of her first-time adventures on Instagram @megan_1st_timers
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Resources Are Available
If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulties surrounding alcoholism, addiction, or mental illness, please reach out and ask for help. People everywhere can and want to help; you just have to know where to look. And continue to look until you find what works for you. Click here for a list of regional and national resources.
Resources Are Available
If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulties surrounding alcoholism, addiction, or mental illness, please reach out and ask for help. People everywhere can and want to help; you just have to know where to look. And continue to look until you find what works for you. Click here for a list of regional and national resources.
