Nashville Area Recovery Alliance

NARA (Nashville Area Recovery Alliance)
“Enhanced Recovery…..Better Lives”

As a program of the Alcohol and Drug Council of Middle Tennessee for the past seven years, NARA has been recognized as a model of expertise in peer-to-peer recovery support and education. Each year we provide free case management and substance abuse services to hundreds of low income individuals with multiple barriers to treatment services.

What is NARA?

NARA offers case management, counseling, peer-mentoring, and support groups, through partnerships with Davidson County's correctional institutions, drug courts, and transitional houses.

Lisa Bell

NARA's services provide community connection with social supports essential to sustaining recovery and preventing relapse. With the help of our agency, people seeking recovery, especially disenfranchised populations, have greater access to a greater number of support services and in turn have a greater opportunity for positive change.

Our goal is to remove barriers to recovery and help people who get clean and sober to stay that way.

Did you know…

• 33% of those in Recovery report that they have been in recovery more than 10 years? *
• 50% of those in Recovery report that they have been in recovery more than 6 years? *
  
  * Faces and Voices of Recovery Release
  Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc.
  Survey of Recovery Community Conducted August 2001
  
• "The Face of recovery looks like the face of America." †
• "Recovery touches the young and old, rich and poor, and all races and religions." †
• "People in recovery are all around us-they are our neighbors, teachers, clergy, co-workers and family members." ††
• "America needs to see this face of recovery so other families can achieve the blessings of recovery." ††
• "Recovery has changed the lives of millions of Americans dramatically for the better. Recovery happens. It is real. Families who experience recovery are the living proof." ††
  
  † Allan Rivlin, Sr. Vice President, Hart Research
  
  †† Jeff Blodgett, Coordinator, The Alliance Project
  (A resources center for Recovery Advocates nationwide)

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To connect with a NARA Case Manager or Counselor contact Lisa Bell @ 615-269-0029 ext 121.

Lisa Bell
Program Director
lbell@adcmt.org