Sobriety Advocate Proposes Sober Seating at Events

Recovery is Possible Newsletter

March 29th, 2023

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Serenity Recovery Connection. SRC does not directly provide harm reduction services to individuals, only support for recovery.

Sobriety Advocate Proposes Segregated Sober Seating at Events:

DENVER (KDVR) — When most people think about seats for a sporting event or concert, they are typically looking for the best bang for their buck. For one group, finding seats that accommodate them while they are having fun can be a struggle.

A group of advocates wants to make sure large venues in Colorado have seats that are free of drugs and alcohol while they navigate sobriety.

Duke Rumley is the executive director of Sober A.F. Entertainment. Rumley is advocating for a bill that would require all venues in Colorado that hold more than 7,000 people to designate and enforce 4% of their seats to be substance-free.

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As Overdoses Soar in Rural America, More Clinicians are Prescribing Addiction Medications:

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Andrea Storjohann is glad to see that she’s becoming less of a rarity in rural America.

The nurse practitioner prescribes medication to dozens of patients trying to recover from addiction to heroin or opioid painkillers.

The general-practice clinic where she works, housed in a repurposed supermarket building, has no signs designating it as a place for people to seek treatment for drug addiction, which is how Storjohann wants it.

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