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From YouTube: MOAR Recovery Celebration Day
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Mayor Walsh, Attorney General Healey, and a whole host of other dignitaries convene at the Massachusetts Organisation for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) 29th annual Recovery Celebration Day to honor those recovering from substance abuse and addiction.
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Wait,
we
have
many
many
sponsors,
but
our
biggest
ones:
the
Greater
Boston
Council
on
alcoholism,
highpoint,
the
New
England
HCC's,
AVH,
Gavin,
Foundation,
M,
bhp,
Collier,
Western,
Mass,
sunrise,
detox
spectrum,
Foundation
for
alcohol,
education,
breakin
Center
and
the
recovery
Research
Institute.
Thank
you.
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It
was
really
here
and
you'll
put
your
address
information
right.
Of
course
we
have
a
board
where's
Tom
Delaney,
hi,
Tom,
Lorene,
havi,
Kevin
McCarthy,
jo
Keller.
Where
are
you
Joe,
hello
and
father
Joe,
Witt,
Cape,
McHugh
woody
come
here,
Vicente
and
Trudy?
Wonderful,
isn't
it
and
you
are
all
here,
let's
move
it
on.
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So
I
am
so
happy
to
see
us
all
here
collectively
together
this
energy,
this
power,
this
human
capital.
So
many
of
you
have
spoken
out
and
helped
us
share
the
voice
of
hope
and
recovery
and
I.
Personally,
thank
you
for
that.
As
a
physician
as
a
family
member
and
as
the
Commissioner
of
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Public,
Health
I
remain
committed
to
continuing
to
fight
this
epidemic
with
each
and
every
one
of
you.
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That's
about
making
sure
we
have
access
to
naloxone
during
public
campaigns,
education
and
making
sure
that
this
treatment
available
to
all
and
making
sure
that
your
voice,
your
strength
in
recovery,
is
shared
and
that
we
use
that
as
our
guiding
beacon.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
together.
I
am
so
energized
and
excited
to
be
here
with
all
of
you.
The
Department
of
Public
Health
is
committed
to
this
fight
with
you.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
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So,
as
Maryann
said,
I'm
new
to
the
role
as
the
director
of
the
Bureau
of
addiction
services
at
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Public
Health,
but
for
26
years
I
have
been
working
with
people
like
you,
family
members,
insurance
companies,
legislators,
parents,
children
to
try
and
stop
the
stigma
and
to
enforce
that
we
are
all
humans
and
that
we
all
deserve
the
same
care
as
everyone
else.
So
people
ask
me
all
the
time.
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Why
did
I
leave
direct
care
to
come
into
government
service
because
I
needed
to
be
able
to
affect
change
in
a
way
that
was
meaningful
and
in
a
different
way?
I
couldn't
stop
and
talk
to
one
more
family
member
about
why
they
couldn't
get
their
child
into
treatment
or
why
their
insurance
didn't
cover
a
certain
detox
bed
or
why
there
was
no
recovery
post
leaving
one
of
these
treatment
centers.
We
have
to
remember
that
the
energy
that
we
use
to
initiate
treatment
is
very
different
than
the
energy.
We
need
to
sustain
recovery.
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E
I
got
sober
at
the
age
of
eighteen.
Nineteen,
so
I've
never
had
a
legal
drink
of
alcohol.
Although
I
had
a
lot
of
drinks
of
alcohol
before
then
so
I'm
here
to
talk
about
my
recovery
stories
is
you
know,
I
put
my
family
through
hell
for
seven
years,
I
had
my
first
drink
at
12
years
old
and
it
was
pretty
much
a
blur
until
night
I
was
19.
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E
These
are
people
that
are
putting
themselves
out
there
and
sharing
their
own
recovery
managing
their
own
recovery,
while
helping
others,
you
know,
find
their
own
recovery
and
define
their
own
coveri,
and
you
guys
are
the
paradigm
shift
that
is
happening
in
this
state.
I
want
to
thank
the
state
of
Massachusetts
and
their
commission
that
they
had.
You
have
effected,
change
and
we're
moving
towards
legitimizing
recovery.
Coaching
is
a
true
profession
and
I
want
to
thank
you
so
much.
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A
We
have
a
gift
and
I
tell
you
what's
under
$40
yep,
it
says
more,
the
people's
lawyer,
dedication
to
justice.
She
is
the
people's
lawyer,
because
not
only
does
she
care
about
addiction
and
recovery
and
taking
care
of
the
families
who
have
suffered
from
the
overdoses,
the
people
that
have
known
I
see
her
out
there
fighting
for
education,
immigration
everything.
So
we
want
to
thank
you.
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And
I'll,
let
you
know
a
few
things.
Okay,
first
of
all
this
weekend
and
last
night,
we
woke
to
news
that
Purdue
was
gonna
file
for
bankruptcy.
This
is
not
news.
Folks,
it's
been
out
there
for
a
while
that
this
was
what
this
company
was
going
to
do.
Good
news
for
all
of
us,
Purdue
is
out
of
business
and
that's
a
really
good
thing.
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But
I'll
tell
you
what
this
doesn't
mean.
This
filing
does
not
mean
that
the
Sadler's
get
to
continue
to
try
to
hide
the
ball,
to
hide
their
assets,
to
shield
themselves
from
public
scrutiny
and,
ultimately,
accountability.
I
pledge
to
you
I
promise
to
you
as
your
attorney
general.
We
will
see
this
through
all
the
way
to
the
end,
whether
we're
in
court
and
White,
Plains,
New,
York
or
right
here
in
Boston,
where
we're
going
to
continue
to
aggressively,
prosecute
and
pursue
a
case.
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We're
gonna
do
just
that,
and
a
bunch
of
states
around
the
country
for
as
committed
to
this
as
I
am
finally
I.
Want
you
to
know
that
what
drives
me
every
day
and
what
made
my
decision-making
really
really
easy
and
clear
in
this
case,
especially
in
the
last
few
weeks
as
there
was
discussions
about
some
resolution
with
a
company
of
such
evil
that
perpetrated
such
devastating
harm
on
so
many.
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But
amidst
all
those
talks,
I
wanted
you
to
know
that
my
compass,
my
moral
compass,
is
what
is
informed
by
my
experience
with
the
families
with
you
guys
and
I.
Am
so
grateful
to
you
for
having
the
courage
to
break
stigma,
to
tell
your
story
to
be
out
there
reminding
people
of
what
this
means
and
what
happened
here.
I
am
NOT
interested
in
repeating
them
ills
and
the
mistakes
of
2007
when
entities,
including
our
federal
government
and
others,
allowed
this
company
to
continue
to
go
forward
so
oxy.
F
There
was
no
accountability.
There
was
no
pain
up.
There
was
no
hurt
imposed
on
the
sackers.
That
was
just
wrong
and,
more
than
anything,
there's
no
accountability
or
transparency.
If
one
thing
is
clear,
we
want
all
the
documents
released.
We
want
the
story
told
it
is
the
only
way
to
get
justice
for
our
families,
and
importantly,
it's
the
only
way
that
we
make
sure
in
this
country.
It's
something
like
happens
again:
profits
over
people,
we're
not
gonna.
Let
this
happen
again.
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F
A
Yeah
I'm
glad
that
Maura
mentioned
her
team.
This
Kathryn
Madden,
who
was
out
there
I
think
she
knows.
Probably
everybody
in
this
room
because
she's
out
there
and
she's
scouting
away
it's
wonderful
and
then
this
Joanne
and
the
front
see
that
is
there.
The
whole
team
is
working
tirelessly
and
speaking
of
a
Joanne,
there's
Joanne
Peterson,
with
the
learn
to
cope
family
support
group
that
I
should
say
network
is
growing
and
is
has
been
since
I
would
say
the
year,
2001
speaking
up
for
families
and
if
Joanne
would
come
up
right
now,.
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Don't
give
up
12
years
ago,
I
was
there
in
2007
at
the
Purdue
Pharma
sentencing,
and
we
walked
away
disappointed
many
families
who
have
lost
someone
whose
sons
or
daughters,
our
family
members
were
still
grappling
and
they
got
a
slap
on
the
wrist
and
they
continued
on.
And
here
we
are
today
and
we
have
an
attorney
general
who
isn't
giving
up.
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We're
also
very
lucky
to
live
in
this
state
of
Massachusetts.
We've
been
fighting
all
these
years
and
we're
never
gonna
give
up,
and
here
it
is
today,
it's
so
nice
to
see
so
many
people
in
recovery
celebrating
life
and
celebrating
that
we're
living
and
breathing
every
day.
Some
of
us
haven't
had
the
chance
to
see
that,
and
some
of
us
have,
but
we're
all
going
to
just
continue
to
fight
together,
I'm,
never
going
to
give
up.
A
Thank
You
Joanne,
so
not
only
do
we
have
leadership
from
the
Attorney
General's
Office
from
from
families.
Of
course,
of
all
of
you,
we
have
the
House
Speaker
and
one
year
I
made
the
mistake
of
calling
him
the
housekeeper
delaio.
However,
he
does
keep
a
good
house
and
we
love
him
for
his
support.
He
talks
directly
about
his.
He
has
seen
people
affected
in
his
community
and
knows
it's
statewide,
Thank
You
speaker
delay.
Oh,
if
you
would
come
forward.
H
Good
morning
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
invitation,
Thank
You
Marianne
I'd
also
like
to
acknowledge
my
fellow
House
members,
giving
remarks
today,
representatives
malya
Ando
day
as
well
as
my
my
good
friend,
Mele
Walsh
I'd,
also
like
to
that's
okay.
You
can
I'd
also
like
to
congratulate
our
great
attorney
general
Maura,
Healey
and
Victor
gravy,
oh
and
their
awards
for
all
the
great
work
that
they've
done
relative
to
advocating
on
this
issue.
I
have
to
say
that
this
is
always
a
very
hopeful
event
for
me.
H
I'm
always
heartened
to
see
by
the
turnout
of
this
event
that
prophesy
so
many
individuals,
many
of
whom
have
grappled
with
addiction
here
to
celebrate.
It
has
been
my
distinct
honor
to
fight
for
legislation
and
funding
that
improves
care
for
those
confronting
behavioral
health
issues
and
addiction.
Just
this
year,
the
legislature
included
a
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
for
the
Bureau
of
substance,
addiction,
services.
H
I'm
very
also
proud
to
say
that
we
have
passed
three
medically
comprehensive
bills
in
the
last
five
years
to
combat
the
opioid
emic,
which
has
claimed
thousands
of
lives,
broken
countless
families
and
shaken
communities
from
Provincetown
to
Pittsfield.
Our
goal
for
all
of
these
bills
is
the
same
and
that's
to
save
lives.
H
H
H
Through
you
and
your
courage
and
sharing
your
personal
stories,
we
refined
our
approach
and
improved
our
strategies
by
meeting
with
you
in
my
office,
by
visiting
recovering
centers
across
the
state,
by
talking
with
doctors
and
counselors
I
have
learned
about
unique
experiences
of
people
struggling
with
addiction,
as
has
been
the
case
for
some
time
more
and
many
in
this
room,
our
tremendous
resource
to
our
community
and
to
the
legislators
at
the
house
and
for
that
I.
Thank
you.
H
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H
What's
going
on
in
our
community,
he
told
me
that
she
had
overdosed,
Isis
and
I
presume
you
had
save
her
once
again
with
the
knock
in,
and
he
said,
Bob
I'm,
sorry,
but
we
lost
her
I
bring
this
up
because
I
think
it's
important
for
all
of
you
to
hear
this
was
a
girl
who
again
I
saw
since
she
was
born
and
I
saw
what
she
went
through.
I
saw
she
gave
birth
to
two
beautiful
young
children
as
well.
H
It's
a
vision
that
will
always
remain
to
me
two
days
later.
I
saw
her
little
five
year
old
at
a
local
event,
and
she
then
told
me
that
she
wouldn't
be
seeing
her
mom
anymore
and
just
last
night,
I
attended
the
annual
candlelight
vigil
dedicated
to
those
who
have
lost
their
lives
and
the
other
part
of
my
district
of
Revere,
a
vigil
which,
by
the
way,
most
of
the
time
of
which
is
taking
up
by
reading
of
the
names
of
those
who
we
have
lost.
H
Mothers
and
fathers
I
share
these
stories
with
you
every
year,
because,
although
I
think
it
is
nice
for
you
to
hear
that
we
up
in
the
Statehouse
in
City
Hall
here
you
please
are
doing
everything
that
we
can
to
help.
You
I
think
it's
also
important
that
you
also
understand
of
what
exactly
it
means
in
terms
of
your
fighting.
Your
addiction
I
told
stories
about
attending
wakes.
H
H
H
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
house,
keeper,
representative
del
al
House,
Speaker,
get
it
got.
It
he's
the
best,
a
wonderful
so
now
that
I
want
to
introduce
her
narrow,
Hernandez
who's
representing
the
New
England
addiction,
treatment
and
transfer
technical
ecology
Center
and
has
a
wonderful
story
himself
and
he
is
going
to
introduce.
I
In
long
term
recovery,
what
that
means
for
me
is
that
I
haven't
used
a
substance,
including
alcohol,
for
the
last
32
years.
What
that
has
enabled
me
to
do
is
to
be
present
here
today
to
say
a
few
words.
Let
us
never
forget
that
we
are
as
healthy
as
the
sickest
person
in
the
house.
Let
us
never
forget
that
we
are
as
healthy
as
the
sickest
person
in
the
house
and
I
draw
attention
to
issues
of
disparities
in
the
Commonwealth.
I
Not
everybody
is
getting
better
at
the
same
rate
and
we
have
a
responsibility
to
speak
up
for
the
people
who
are
not
here,
communities
for
the
people
who
are
suffering
for
the
people
a
world
in
this
issue
as
well
and
I
am
particularly
talking
about
people
of
color,
who
are
dying,
a
disproportionate
rates,
and
we
have
yet
to
allocate
the
immediate
resources
to
address
those
issues.
The
slacker
family,
an
attorney
general.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
work.
I
I
We
are
not
bankrupt,
we
have
a
voice
in
this
matter
and
we
should
use
it
for
the
right
reasons.
Moving
along
I
just
want
to
introduce
someone
who
has
been
in
the
forefront
of
this
work.
For
many
many
years
a
friend
and
a
colleague,
Michael
Botticelli
mariko
was
director
of
the
Bureau
of
substance
addiction
services
in
Massachusetts
and
elevated
that
office
to
a
different
level.
I
He
then
went
to
the
national
office
of
mass
national
drug
and
alcohol
Control,
and
he
left
that
office
with
dignity
and
respect
as
well
and
represented
us
in
a
very
significant
way.
He
is
now
the
director
of
the
gradient
Institute
at
Boston,
Medical
Center.
They
just
received
the
largest
grant
in
history
to
do
this
type
of
work,
90
million
dollars
under
the
man's
leadership
right.
Here's
a
plan
to
our
communities
and
I
am
dignified
to
call
him
one
of
our
leaders,
Michael,
so
a
meal
money
to
take
a
moment
only.
J
Good
morning,
everybody,
oh
it's
great,
to
see
everybody
here
today.
You
know
I
think
we
need
to
remember
that
this
building,
since
the
beginning
of
this
country,
was
used
to
bring
people
together
to
solve
our
problems
collectively
and
I,
can't
think
of
a
better
place
for
us
to
come
together
to
not
only
celebrate
our
cover
recovery
but
make
a
vow
that
will
continue
to
work
together
to
solve
not
only
our
opioid
issue
but
substance
use
issues
once
and
for
all.
J
J
So
31
years
ago,
I
was
living
over
on
the
south
end
and
I
knew
that
I
needed
help,
but
I
was
too
afraid
to
ask
for
it.
I
was
afraid
to
ask
for
it,
because
I
thought
people
would
think
that
I
was
stupid.
That
I
was
somehow
flawed,
that
it
was
undeserving
of
care
and
I
know
that
all
of
you
know
what
that
feeling
is
like
addiction,
isn't
one
of
the
most
isolating
diseases
that
we
know
of,
and
we
know
that
treatments
effective.
We
know
that
clean
needles
and
naloxone
are
effective.
J
So
someone
once
asked
me
what
is
the
biggest
factor
that
has
supported
you
in
long-term
recovery
and
it's
the
fact
that
I
was
fortunate
enough
that,
when
I
finally
reached
out
to
ask
for
help,
I
was
embraced
by
a
loving
caring
community.
Who
said
we
will
carry
you
that
will
you
are
not
alone
that
we
will
help
you
through
the
good
times,
and
we
will
help
you
through
the
bad
times
and
that's
why
we're
here
today.
J
J
And
we've
also
been
graced
by
a
tremendous
amount
of
leadership
from
the
governor,
the
secretary,
the
Attorney
General.
We
have
a
great
Department
of
Public
Health
and
a
new
piece
as
director
and
I'll
always
say
here
drive
will
give
you
all
the
support
and
love
you
that
you
need,
but
they
will
always
be
my
beasts.
Ass.
J
I
also
think
that
we
should
remember
that
we
just
came
from
City
Hall,
where
we
are
fortunate
to
have
a
mayor
who
has
used
his
bully
pulpit
and
creates
every
opportunity
to
talk
about
the
fact
that
he
is
openly
in
recovery.
And
we
are
tremendously
grateful
to
the
mayor
and
to
his
staff
for
all
the
work
that
we
do.
J
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
providers
who
are
in
the
room
today.
You
know
when
I
started
doing
this
work
close
to
thirty
years
ago.
Treating
people
with
addiction
was
not
well
regarded,
and
it
often
took
a
tremendous
amount
of
courage
and
perseverance
to
treat
people
with
substance
use
disorders.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
the
providers
who
have
been
doing
this
work
for
a
very
long
time
and
particularly
want
to
acknowledge
the
leadership
of
Victor
Gras
vo
and
who
oversees
the
association
of
behavioral
health.
I
really
want
to
thank
him
for
his
leadership.
J
So,
despite
the
fact
that
we
have
come
very
far
as
a
state,
we
still
have
very
far
to
go.
So
even
here
in
Massachusetts,
we
have
too
many
people
who
believe
that
addiction
is
a
choice.
We
have
too
many
people
who
believe
that
the
solution
to
our
problem
is
arrest
and
incarceration.
We
have
too
many
people
who
believe
that
people
with
addiction
are
not
deserving
of
treatment
like
other
diseases
that
were
not
deserving
of
employment
as
housing.
J
We
have
too
many
doctors
and
nurses
who
don't
want
to
care
for
us,
so
even
in
here
in
Massachusetts,
we
know
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
so.
We
have
known
that
addiction
is
a
disease
for
a
very
long
time,
but
unfortunately
it's
still
not
treated
that
way
and
part
of
the
reason
that
it's
still
not
treated.
That
way
is
to
many
people
believe
addiction
just
affects
somebody
else,
somebody
else's
family
and
somebody
else's
community.
J
But
we
need
to
change
that,
and
that
is
the
whole
point
of
recovery
month,
where
we
make
sure
that
people
know
us
and
they
see
us
so.
A
number
of
years
ago
I
had
the
opportunity
to
travel
to
San
Francisco
to
speak
at
a
conference
and
after
the
conference
I
spent
a
couple
of
days
wandering
the
streets
of
San,
Francisco
and
I
spent
some
time
in
the
Castro.
J
No
men,
as
you
know,
that
Castro
was
really
the
epicenter
of
the
gay
rights
movement,
LGBT
rights
movement
in
the
United
States
and
it
was
led
by
a
gentleman
called
Harvey
Milk
and
Harvey
Milk
was
the
first
openly
elected
GLBT
official
in
the
United,
States
and
I
know
that
I
would
not
have
had
the
life
that
I
have
today.
Were
it
not
for
his
courage
and
his
courageousness
of
he
and
his
friends
in
moving
LGBT
rights
forward
in
the
United
States.
J
So,
prior
to
his
assassination
harvey
recorded
a
series
of
interviews
that
I
want
to
leave
you
with
today,
and
he
said
the
only
thing
they
have
to
look
forward
to
is
hope,
and
you
have
to
give
them
hope
hope
for
a
better
world
hope
for
a
better
tomorrow
and
hope
for
a
better
place
to
come
home
to,
because
we
all
know
in
the
end
hope
that
everything
will
be
alright.
Thank
you
very
much
for
everything
you
do.
Everybody.
A
On
that
note
of
hope,
I
want
you
to
know
why
we've
got
all
these
different
recovery
centers.
There
is
also
besides
your
own
voices.
There
is
a
whole
coalition
of
voices
called
the
Massachusetts
Cola
Coalition
for
addiction,
services,
otherwise
known
as
MKS,
and
that's
not
the
test
who
want
to
recognize
senator
Jason
Lewis.
If
you
would
come
up.
B
K
Thank
You
Marianne
Thank,
You,
Maura,
Thank,
You
m-class,
it's
so
great
to
be
with
you
this
morning
and
I
really
deeply
appreciate
this
recognition
and
I
want
to
share
this
recognition
that
you're
giving
me
with
a
very
special
person.
That's
in
the
audience
today,
this
person
is
a
husband
he's,
a
father.
K
K
K
Thank
you
Paul.
It's
because
I
understood
the
importance
of
treatment,
I
understood,
also
that
we
need
to
put
more
resources
into
prevention
in
our
middle
schools
in
our
high
schools
in
our
communities.
But
when
I
didn't
understand
so
well
was
what
we
need
to
do
when
it
comes
to
recovery,
and
it
was
Paul
that
really
taught
me
about
the
importance
of
a
continuum
of
services
and
care
when
it
comes
to
recovery,
including
peer
to
peer
recovery,
centers.
K
The
increased
funding
we
put
in
the
state
budget
last
year
and
this
year
we're
going
to
be
opening
lots,
more
recovery
centers
all
over
the
state,
including,
hopefully
the
bridge
Recovery
Center
in
the
city
of
Malden.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
to
Paul
Amos
Lee.
Thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
the
very,
very
important
work
you're
doing
in
your
communities.
We
stand
with
you.
Thank
you,
Mary
Ann
you're,
an
amazing
champion.
Thank
you.
Two
more.
A
B
L
Let
me
let
me
first
of
all
think
Marion
and
more
for
this
recognition
and
when
I
was
a
state.
Rep
I
have
one
as
well
from
being
a
state
representative.
So
thank
you
so
much
more
for
the
great
work
you
do.
A
Moodle
cutoff
got
here.
Let
me
just
first
of
all
say
who's
behind
me.
We
have
from
left
to
right
Brendon
little
who,
from
our
office
recovery
services,
who's
done.
Amazing
work.
L
Two
things
about
Joe
Joe
has
an
EAP
program
in
the
fire
department
that
helps
everybody
and
a
lot
of
you
might
know
the
name
Willie
us
the
guy
here
and
if
he
is
and
Joe
also
has
a
program
with
the
fire
department
that
when
they
get
called
to
a
house
for
an
overdose
and
they
administer
narcan,
they
go
back
and
do
wellness
checks
a
few
days
later.
So
thank
you
to
the
boss,
the
fight
upon
for
doing
that.
L
L
L
And
then
we
also
have
Jen
Tracy
from
the
office
recovery
services,
a
director
who
did
a
lot
of
work
of
the
state
and
I
want
to
thank
state
representing
John
Santiago's
right
here.
Shana
is
a
doctor
as
state
representative
and
is
knows
the
issue
and
in
the
in
the
disease
as
good
as
anybody
and
has
hit
the
ground
running.
So
thank
you,
John,
for
what
you've
done.
L
L
L
L
L
Everybody
was
pissed
at
me,
I
was
pissed
at
me
and
when
I
went
to
Gaza
on
a
Sunday
night,
I
drove
down
there
and
I
met
a
Sunday
day
and
I
remember
going
into
Gosnell
and
I
checked
in
and
I
walk
in
there
and
they
take
my
bag
and
they
go
through
my
bag
and
they
take
out
my
toothpaste.
They
take
out
my
mouthwash.
They
take
out
my
cologne,
they
take
out
all
the
stuff
and
they
said
you'll
get
this
later
and
I
went
in
the
back
room
and
I
still
didn't
want
to
be
there.
L
I'm
thinking
what
am
I
doing
here,
thinking
to
myself
and
I,
was
the
only
going
down
because
the
heat
was
on
at
home
and
they
put
me
in
a
room
and
I
was
in
the
room
with
a
guy
who
had
one
eye
because
he
shot
his
eye
out
with
a
shotgun
and
he's
a
drug
addict
and
I'm,
like.
Oh,
my
god,
I
think
this
guy's,
crazy
and
I
want
another
room,
but
everyone's
kind
of
one
guy
told
me
the
feds
were
chasing.
L
Somebody
else
was
doing
something
else:
I'm
like
okay,
the
feds
are
after
you
and
the
feds
are
after
me,
they're
after
everybody,
and
so
then
that
night
a
commitment
came
in
and
I
was
in.
I
was
down
in
coffee
and
I
was
certain
I
sat
somewhere
in
the
room
in
Gaza,
and
the
commitment
came
in
and
shared
that
people
sharing
their
experience,
strength
and
hope,
and
that
night
somebody
said
something:
I
don't
know
what
it
was,
but
something
changed
in
me
all
of
a
sudden,
I
started
to
think
about
why
I
was
there.
L
L
I
went
in
there
and
I
got
down
on
my
knees
that
night
and
it
was
I,
had
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
going
on
and
I
wasn't
in
a
good
place,
and
my
hot
spiritually
I
was
in
a
good
place
and
I
was
I,
was
just
kind
of
I
was
beaten
down
and
I
still
wasn't
ready
yet
ready
to
surrender,
and
it
wasn't
so
much
to
drink
and
I.
Think
that
got
me
to
really
surrender.
L
I
went
in
on
my
knees,
I
asked
God
for
help
and
the
next
day-
and
this
is
not-
you-
don't
have
to
believe
in
religion-
it's
not
about
you
employed
anybody,
but
the
next
day
I
went
to
my
first
group
and
I
remember
going
in
there
and
I
listened,
and
they
were
talking
about
yet
sand
and
the
counselor
said
look
to
your
right
and
look
to
your
left.
Only
one
of
seventeen
of
you
are
gonna
make
it
and
at
that
point
I
wanted
to
be
the
one
because
I'm
like
okay,
wait
a
second.
L
This
is
real
stuff
now
and
when
I
get
out
of
that,
when
I
got
out
of
the
program,
I
joined
a
group
got
a
sponsor
that
active
and
saw
my
life
a
day
at
a
time
turn
around
and
that
feeling
that
I
had
that
night.
April
23rd
1995
that
that
empty
pit.
In
my
heart
and
my
stomach,
somebody
opened
the
wrong
door.
It's
okay,
keep
coming.
L
Having
having
this
this
disease
at
one
point
in
my
life
was
a
burden
and
it's
I
have
family
members
that
are
active
now
and
I
people
struggling
and
we
heroin
and
fentanyl,
and
everything
that
you
can
imagine
that's
out
there
oxys
and
booze
the
whole
thing,
but
we
have
we
have
a
system
in
a
state
in
a
city
that
cares
about
the
addict.
What
breaks
my
heart
every
night
right
now
is:
there's
a
lot.
L
We're
not
gonna
solve
the
problem
by
hiding
the
problem.
We're
gonna
solve
the
problem,
I
advocacy.
Now
we
have
great
leaders
at
the
state
who
are
doing
some
amazing
things
in
the
Statehouse,
the
social
representatives.
You
have
some
leaders
here.
You
have
the
speaker
who
cares
about
this
issue?
You
have
the
Senators
who
care
about
the
issue
of
a
governor.
Who
cares
about
the
issue?
It's
important
for
all
of
you
to
tell
your
story.
You
have
to
tell
your
story.
L
L
L
My
message
in
this
hall
today
I
have
a
citation
which
I'm
gonna
get
to
marry
in
in
a
second
my
message
to
people
in
this
hall
to
the
new
comma,
the
first
time
person
in
this
event,
Friday
for
more
you're
fighting
for
more
you're
fighting
for
the
organization,
more
and
you're
fighting
for
more
you're
fighting
for
more
resources,
you're
fighting
for
more
help,
you're
fighting
to
make
sure
that
the
person
that's
sick
and
suffering.
Today,
that's
not
in
this
Hall
tonight
or
today
that
next
year
we
can
get
them
in
this
hall.
L
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
work
and
look
out
for
each
other.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
we
support
each
other.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
and
let
people
know
that
that
we
have
a
disease
that
is
mental,
spiritual
and
physical
and
that
a
disease
can
be
treated
and
we
need
to
help
to
treat
it.
And
we
also
need
to
reach
our
hand
out
to
the
sick
and
suffering
to.
Let
them
know
that
we're
there
for
them,
because.
L
I
have
a
proclamation
on
behalf
of
all
the
elected
officials
ever
behind
me
today.
Today,
the
medicine
it
today
is
the
29th
Massachusetts
recovery
day.
We
are
making
it
the
day
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I'm
on
J
Walsh
of
the
City
of
Boston.
Do
hereby
declare
today
September
16,
2009
teen,
to
be
the
29th
Massachusetts
recovery
day
in
the
city
of
Boston.