TOQ.2021

A Recovery Conversation In The Community by Nina Ovian

A Recovery Conversation In The Community by Nina Ovian

I feel honored to share this particular recovery story with you. Recovery often isn’t linear and isn’t tied to specific measurements or success or achievement. Sometimes recovery is just an ongoing commitment to positive change. This story highlights someone working through a crisis who is also a close friend of mine, which is referenced during the conversation. During the pandemic I moved to an entirely new town where I didn’t know anyone. I met Antonio while he was doing yard work for some of my neighbors. We became close friends quickly over shared life experiences, and his kindness and compassion made me feel at home in a new place.

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Welcome to our new format - Topic of the Quarter, for our first theme we will be exploring the link between homelessness and behavioral health. The reason I started here was two fold. Homelessness is on the rise, with the decline in affordable housing options and the economic upheaval brought on by COVID 19, and the stigma surrounding it in both personal attitudes and public policy is rampant and unchallenged in our day to day lives. It is also deeply personal in both my past experiences with housing insecurity and my professional career working in housing services.