It's No Secret

As a community we have lost so many loved ones to substance use disorder. Two of our staff members lost a child to SUD. It’s absolutely devastating 💔

We will be hosting a memorial tree lighting ceremony on Sunday, October 20th at 2pm. This event will be held at the Recovery Community Center located at 17 Ayers street in Barre. Folks will have the opportunity to add names, initials or memories to an ornament in honor of those they have lost. The ornament will be added to the memorial tree, that will always be displayed at Turning Point. You will have the opportunity to share memories of those you’ve lost and connect with a community who understands and can help carry you. 💜

It's hard to lay your head down, close your eyes and rest when your heart is always sick and your mind is always wondering what next.
When there is always a lump in your throat and a pit in your stomach, it is hard to close your eyes.
When you sleep with one eye open and your ears peeled just incase the phone rings, it is hard to close your eyes.
You know when you do close your eyes the nightmares come.
You know you may be jolted from sleep in pain as something has just gone horribly wrong, your body trembling and overcome by fears.
It seems that there is peace nowhere, and it's hard to close your eyes. 💜
RM

‼️‼️WARNING A new drug has hit our streets!! Our local streets‼️‼️

Nitazines are made in the lab and are inexpensive to produce. They block pain signals in the brain by binding to opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and other sites in the body. Depending on the chemical formulation, some nitazenes are⭐ 800 times more potent than morphine and 40 times more than even fentanyl⭐
May 7, 2024
https://www.utmb.edu › episode

February 2024 – UNODC EWA: Nitazenes – a new group of synthetic opioids emerges. VIENNA, Austria – February 2024: Nitazenes are a group of synthetic opioids that have emerged in recent years. They are analogues of the internationally controlled substances clonitazene and etonitazene.

PLEASE READ ‼️‼️‼️‼️👇🏼👇🏼
https://drugfree.org/print/page-landing-2.php?id=155238

Please join us today at 4pm for Moving Forward. This is a grief group for folks who have lost someone to substance use disorder and those who are in recovery and have lost someone. This support group takes place weekly on Thursdays at 17 Ayers street in Barre.

Please join us tomorrow for Women in Recovery! This meeting takes place at the Episcopal Church in Barre located at 39 Washington street. It runs 11:30am-12:30pm.

This meeting is offered in collaboration with the Family Center of Washington County. We hope to see you there! 💜

One of my hero's 💜 Dottie Moffitt, I could never begin to explain just how much this incredible beautiful woman means to me. So many days she has carried us through.

Raylene will be here at Lyman Point Park in White River JCT and streaming live to It's No Secret TONIGHT at 6:30 for those that can't join us in person💜 In case of technical difficulties you may also watch live on the event page https://www.facebook.com/hartfordvermontoverdoseawarenessvigil?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Overdose Awareness Day 2024
Summary of 2024 Opioid Deaths (to date):
As of the end of April, there have been 52 opioid-related accidental and undetermined
deaths among Vermont residents. The number of opioid deaths is lower than the three-year
average through April. Caledonia County currently has the highest rate of opioid deaths
(16.4 per 100,000 residents); this rate is statistically similar to Vermont overall (8.0 per
100,000 residents)

dsu-monthly-opioid-report.pdf

https://www.healthvermont.gov

Please join me for the 9th annual overdose candlelight vigil at 5 pm on August 31st at Lyman Point Park💜 This is a time to gather and hold in our hearts all those who have passed from an overdose and give their family and friends support. Narcan, Fentanyl and Xylazine test strips will be available at the event. Community partners will also be at the event to talk about services they provide. The evening will end with a candlelight vigil and reading of names to remember those who died due to overdose. This event will also be live streamed via Facebook on the event page as well as 802 Scoop 💜

Vigil location
Lyman Point Park
167 Maple St.
White River JCT, VT 05001

The event think is below 👇🏼
https://www.facebook.com/share/ovPHJqLrfPEq34Qd/?mibextid=9VsGKo

TUNE IN TODAY at NOON to AIRED OUT for this week's episode of It's No Secret💜

Please join us for a recovery meeting! Here are our August offerings. Please note that Moving Forward, our grief group is not meeting tomorrow, August 6th. The Women's Group will take a break the last two weeks of August, August 22nd and 29th.

A hero for sure! Brave, bold and beautiful 💜
If you prefer to watch instead of read, push the picture 💜

A mother turns grief over her daughter’s overdose death into a movement to save others struggling with addiction | CNN Dawn Tatro and her husband purchased the abandoned church they once attended and where they held their daughter Jenna’s funeral. Today, it’s the center of their nonprofit, Jenna’s Promise, where they are fulfilling her wish to help other women struggling to stay sober and thrive.