What does FAVOR stand for?

The mobilization efforts spearheaded by the group Faces and Voices of Recovery have received much credit for keeping congressional leaders focused on parity legislation during its many ups and downs.

Backed by several field organizations, including NAADAC and Faces and Voices of Recovery, S.

The three actions have been endorsed by 41 major national organizations, including the Campaign for Mental Health Reform; National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors; National Association of State Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors; NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals; National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare; National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers; and Faces and Voices of Recovery, among others.

Moyers says that with the notable exception of a rise in recovery advocacy activity through the organization Faces and Voices of Recovery, of which he is a board member, he still sees the addiction field as stuck in the reality of the famous comment uttered years ago by former National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Alan I.

Groups such as Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR) and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Tom McHale Faces and Voices of Recovery Vanda Milman, Ph.

The recovery community, after a period without a national leader, is strongly back in play with Pat Taylor at the helm of Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR).