Coming Out in Recovery

(Pictured Above: a view of the Brooklyn Bridge on September 27th during A&E's Recovery Rally.)
(Pictured Above from left to right: Warren Boyd, co-executive producer of A&E's The Cleaner, Interventionists Jeff VanVonderen, Candy Finnigan, and Ken Seeley from A&E's Intervention, and Terri Seeley from Inside Addiction. Pictured in the foreground: Karen Shoemaker.)

(Pictured above from left to right: "The Cleaner", Warren Boyd, and Inside Addiction's Dean Hale.)

On Saturday, September 27th, Inside Addiction was invited as a VIP guest of the A&E Recovery Project. Thousands of people from across the country and around the world came together in New York City. Men, women, young, old, all races and ethnicities all had one thing in common- RECOVERY!

Thousands united and crossed the Brooklyn Bridge together in a walk, as stated on A&E's web site, "to break the stigma of addiction, raise national awareness that addiction is a treatable disease and prove that recovery is possible by supporting leading organizations in prevention and treatment."

Addiction crosses all boundaries. No one is immune to addiction but recovery can be contagious.

Special guests present included the staff of the A&E show Intervention, the co-executive producer of A&E's The Cleaner and whom the show is based, Warren Boyd, and PSAs from celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and Benjamin Bratt.

Watch for the upcoming episode Inside Coming Out in New York City which will be listed on our broadcast schedule.

Recovery Month Events

(pictured: (top) Dean Hale and Terri Seeley at the Friends of Recovery event at Cook Park on 9/14/08. (bottom) Sober Bowl Sunday at Burnt Hills Lanes on 9/21/08).

September marks Recovery Month and the many events that take place to raise awareness. On September 14th, Dean Hale and Terri Seeley joined many other organizations at Cook Park, located in Colonie, NY, to celebrate recovery and to spread the message of hope. Other organizations present included Choices 301, the State Police, H & R Block, Friends of Recovery Capital District, and SPARC.

On September 21st, we held our first annual Sober Bowl Sunday at Burnt Hills Lanes. Special thanks go to Dave, owner of Burnt Hills Lanes, for the use of the facilities. People came out to enjoy an afternoon of bowling and in the process, we were able to raise money to purchase literature for donation purposes. It was a great afternoon! Thank you to those who came out on that beautiful Sunday afternoon for a good cause!

Please check out our YouTube link so you can view episode 1 of Inside Addiction. Additional episodes will be available in the near future. Please stay tuned!