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From YouTube: MOAR Recovery Month Celebration
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Mayor Walsh, elected officials, and recovery advocates meet in Faneuil Hall to celebrate and encourage people in recovery from substance addiction.
A
My
name
is
Julio
O'hara
I'm,
the
coordinator
for
recovery
support
services
for
the
Bureau
of
substance,
addiction,
services,
Thank,
You
Alison,
for
those
kind
words
that
was
wonderful.
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
that,
as
you
know,
there's
a
lot
going
on
here
and
I'm
going
to
just
share
with
you
the
other
program.
That's
going
on
that
the
Bureau
of
substance,
addiction
services
is
sponsoring
from
11:30
to
3:00
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
at
Quincy.
Market
is
the
artisan
Recovery
gallery.
A
A
A
There's
folks
understand
that,
so
you
may
have
to
wait
on
the
side
or
tell
your
friends
outside.
They
may
need
to
wait
on
the
side
while
we
give
the
vouchers
to
the
people
coming
out
of
the
building
and
then
after
that,
we
can
then
give
out
vouchers
to
people
who
are
outside
the
building
that
sound,
fair.
A
B
B
My
journey
also
took
me
to
jail.
How
many
people
here
who
are
in
recovery
have
or
have
had
a
criminal
record
yeah.
You
don't
need
to
cheer
for
that.
One,
but
I
appreciate
your
enthusiasm,
so
eighty
percent
of
the
people
in
our
jails
and
prisons
are
like
us.
They
struggle
with
addictions
and
mental
health
issues.
We
spend
about
twice
as
much
on
a
prison
bed
than
it
costs
to
put
somebody
in
the
Meridian
house.
This
is
absurd
and
it
needs
to
end
and
people
are
dying.
B
C
Another
area
where
we
were
able
to
have
great
collaboration
between
the
House
and
the
Senate
was
in
criminal
justice
kind
words
about
our
criminal
justice
reform.
It
is
significant,
but
it's
due
to
the
collaboration
we
have
speaker
Tulio
here,
senator
Senate
president
spoke
up
without
their
willingness
to
move
these
issues
forward.
We
wouldn't
be
anywhere
so
please,
let's
have
a
great
round
of
applause
for
speaking
to
Leo.
Here
is
president.
C
From
soup
to
nuts
we
looked
at
the
criminal
justice
system
and
said:
how
can
we
lift
people
up
instead
of
locking
them
up
and
when
they're
trying
to
recover?
How
can
we
make
it
easier
to
get
fed
them
back
up
on
their
feet
and
I
think
we
have
a
good
bubble?
We
know
we
have
a
lot
more
to
do
as
I
leave.
You
I
want
to
touch
on
one
more
thing.
The
issue
of
things
we're
not
doing
right.
We've
beat
back
efforts
to
turn
recovery
into
a
coerced
process.
C
We
know
that
you
have
enough
reasons
to
get
into
recovery,
there's
enough
downside
to
being
a
person
with
addictions
that
you're
going
to
want
to
see
recovery
when
you
can,
and
it
can
be
counterproductive
to
lock
people
up
and
force
them
into
treatment.
In
fact,
it
does
a
lot
of
harm
to
the
treatment
system.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
you
have
access
to
prescription
drugs.
C
There
are
some
judges
out
there
who
have
said
that
they
don't
want
people
on
there
who
are
in
recovery
in
their
courts
using
suboxone
or
other
drugs
that
might
help
them
get
the
deal
manage
their
addictions.
That
should
be
up
to
you
and
your
vendors
in
your
position,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
people
who
help
people
out
good
samaritans
you
give
people
in
naloxone
or
get
somebody
to
the
hospital
that
they
will
not
be
exposed
to
criminal
prosecution
or
civil
liability.
So
we
are
looking
at.
C
We
are
with
you
100%
of
the
way
we
get
it.
We've
experienced
it.
We
know
people
have
experience
with
it
and
we
want
to
keep
hearing
from
you
and
your
wonderful
organization,
Mary
Ann,
Franke
glueless
is
a
great
leader
and
communicating
with
us
about
your
needs.
Thank
you
for
having
me
for
a
few
minutes.
B
In
case
you
missed
it
because
of
this
Beale
bill,
Corry
sealing
times
for
felonies
are
going
down
from
10
years
to
7
years.
So
a
lot
of
us,
a
lot
of
us,
are
going
to
find
that
path
to
a
better
job
in
a
better
life.
Because
of
this
I
want
to
acknowledge
a
few
people
working
behind
the
scenes.
The
more
staff
and
board
are
here
and
they've
done
so
much
to
organize
this
day,
raise
your
hands
and.
B
There's
so
many
people
behind
the
scenes
working
to
make
sure
that
you
have
your
bed
and
treatment
I
want
to
acknowledge
our
speaker
before
Allison
Bauer,
júlio
Haida.
We
have
Michael
Botticelli
here
and
Monica
Valdes
Lupi.
These
are
tremendous
allies
that
make
sure
we
have
treatment.
We're
also
going
to
hear
from
some
amazing
people
in
recovery,
including
mayor
Walsh,
who
is
on
his
way
but
fall
next
up.
As
Senator
Browns
Berger
said
this
criminal
justice
reform
this
opioid
bill.
These
wouldn't
happen.
B
If
we
didn't
have
a
speaker
and
a
senate
president
who
support
this
and
want
to
make
a
difference,
I'm
a
new
resident
of
Winthrop
mr.
delay
as
District
and
I
can
say
that
we've
been
hit
hard
and
I
could
say.
There's
been
a
lot
of
wakes
and
I
know
that
the
speaker
has
been
at
those
wakes
because
he
cares
about
our
community
and
he's
really
working
hard
to
get
this
legislation
passed
to
end
this
epidemic.
So,
let's
hear
for
the
Speaker
of
the
House
speaker
delay.
D
D
It
has
been
my
distinct
honor
to
represent
the
communities
of
fighters
and
survivors.
It
is
your
stories,
your
experiences
and
your
ideas
that
have
moved
us
forward
inspired
by
you,
I
have
to
say
that
we
have
prioritized
and
push
for.
As
many
of
you
know,
legislation
to
combat
this
opioid
crisis
that
improves
care,
improves
treatment
for
those
confronting
behavioral
health
issues
and
addiction.
D
D
D
By
meeting
with
you
in
my
office
by
visiting
recovery
centers
across
the
state,
by
talking
with
doctors
and
counselors
I,
have
learned
about
the
unique
experience
of
people
struggling
with
addiction
through
you
and
your
coverage
and
sharing
your
personal
stories.
We
redefined
our
approach
and
we
improved
our
strategies.
D
D
D
Many
of
them
were
crying,
they
were
crying
as
especially
as
they
heard
the
names
of
their
loved
ones
who
had
passed
and
their
names
were
bread.
I
can't
tell
you
what
that
night
means
to
me
as
today,
each
and
every
year,
people
coming
up
to
me
before
the
event
or
after
the
event
to
thank
me
to
thank
me
for
my
efforts,
but
to
also
to
tell
me
that
they
had
lost
a
loved
one.
D
D
B
Our
stories
are
the
fuel
that
is
driving
the
recovery
movement
when
we
get
in
recovery.
We
understand
the
value
of
life
and
we
understand
how
helping
people
can
help
ourselves.
The
next
two
speakers
I'm
going
to
bring
up
or
proof
that
when
we
get
into
recovery,
we
can
do
almost
anything.
I'm
gonna
introduce
my
co
MC
Henare
Hernandez,
who
is
really
a
voice
for
the
voiceless
and
an
incredibly
powerful
speaker
and
he's
going
to
introduce
a
very
special
guest,
Thank
You.
E
Ronald
er,
when
I'll
be
up
in
the
air
that
good
morning,
so
my
name
is
Hannah
and
I'm
a
person
in
long-term
recovery
enough
with
that
I'm
going
to
introduce
our
next
speaker,
I'm
happy
to
be
here
and
happy
to
see
so
many
beautiful
faces
up
top
down
the
bottom.
All
that
we
thought
our
next
speaker
has
been
a
champion
for
recovery.
For
many
many
many
years
he
announced
on
Thursday
that
he
is
that
the
city
is
suing
Big
Pharma.
E
We
need
accountability,
people
we
need
accountability
right
and
we
need
people
to
step
up
to
be
a
little
bigger.
He
created
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
country
of
a
mayor's
office,
the
office
of
recovery.
Those
people
here
provide
a
huge
number
of
services
through
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
and
is
committed
to
reopening
Long
Island
with
services
for
people
in
need.
F
Was
at
an
event
one
time:
I
was
a
brand
new
state
representative
and
I
was
with
Kevin
Fitzgerald
and
he
got
up
to
the
microphone
most.
You
don't
know
Kevin,
but
he
was
a
long-term
representative
who
was
in
recovery
and
he
got
up
and
he
said:
I'm
Kevin,
I'm,
alcoholic
and
the
place
went
bananas
and
I'm
Maddie
I'm
an
alcoholic.
So
thank
you.
F
F
F
But
I
want
to
thank
Brendan
who
helped
put
today
together.
I
want
to
thank
one
of
my
champions
who,
when
I
was
a
state,
rep
I've
met
her
and
she
came
in
and
she
had
all
kinds
of
papers
and
she
just
was
all
over
the
place
talking
about
different
things
and
and
but
I
knew
what
she
was
talking
about,
and
she
know
what
she
was
talking
about
and
that's
Mary
Anne
Frank
oulous.
Thank
you.
Mary
Anne.
F
F
One
thing
Michael
Botticelli
is
here
with
us:
Michael
I
met
Michael
when
I
was
a
state
rep
and
he
was
the
head
of
the
Bureau
of
sauce
abuse
services.
Actually
I
met
him
before
that,
and
then
he
took
over
the
bureau
and
then
he
was
appointed
by
President
Obama
to
to
a
different
office
what'd
he
end
up
in
and
I,
remember,
Michael
being
appointed
and
he
had
to
get
approved
through
Congress
and
he
had
a
hard
time
going
through
because
of
I.
F
Don't
hope
you
don't
mind
me
saying
that's
my
goal
because
of
his
is
it
his
past.
His
addiction
and
I
said
I
call
no
I'm
just
hanging
in
there
because
think
about
this
for
a
minute
you're
one
of
us.
That's
that's
in
front
of
the
United
States
Senate
and
Congress,
getting
appointed
by
the
president
say
it's
America.
That's
amazing
and
Michael
went
on
to
do
great
things
in
the
White
House
to
lay
down
the
foundation.
It's
still
being
carried
out
today.
F
And
to
all
my
friends
and
colleagues
and
everyone
here
today,
thank
you
for
coming
out.
City
Council
needs
to
sabe
Georgia
ci
Thank
You
counselor
for
being
here
the
speaker
who
just
left
Bob
DeLeo
under
his
leadership
as
the
Speaker
of
the
House
and
when
he
was
the
chairman
of
wayne's
Amin's,
probably
has
put
more
money
into
recovery
beds
than
more
than
anybody
in
any
period
of
history
of
time.
During
that,
during
his
time.
F
Partly
because
he
has
incredible
people
like
represented
garlic
in
represent
Amaya
who
pushed
him,
but
also.
Let
me
just
tell
you
a
quick
story
about
speaker,
probably
back
about
seven
years
ago,
his
his
kids
had
a
friend
that
was
struggling
with
heroin
and
he
called
me
in
the
office
and
he
said
to
me:
can
you
try
and
help
this
young
lady
out
and
see
what
you
can
do
for
him?
My
kids
are
devastated
and
I'm
devastated,
I,
don't
know
what
to
do
so.
F
I
reached
out
to
the
young
woman
and
I
talked
to
her
and
I
said
to
her.
You
know:
I
gave
her
the
dish,
peel
I
told
about
what's
important
in
life,
I
told
her
about
getting
into
treatment
and
completing
that
treatment
and
getting
into
holding
and
completing
that
holding
and
getting
into
a
halfway
house
in
living
your
life
a
day
at
a
time.
I
talked
about
for
her.
What
her
bottom,
but
at
that
moment
was
and
that
her
bottom
will
get
worse.
F
If
she
goes
out
and
uses
again
and
I
talked
about
all
the
things
that
are
gonna
happen
in
her
life
and
I
told
her
about
the
the
pit.
The
common
theme
that
all
of
us
in
recovery
in
this
in
this
finial
hall
have
today
is,
is
that
feeling
inside
of
ahahah
that
desperation
that
sadness
that
sense
of
not
not
be
not
feeling
worth
worthy?
That's
the
feeling
we
all
have.
We
all
might
use
and
drink
differently,
but
we
all
it
all
comes
down
to
that.
F
So
we
got
her
into
treatment
and-
and
she
went
out,
she
disappeared
and
I
didn't
hear
from
her
again
and
the
speaker
lost
track
of
her
and
a
year
later,
I
was
at
the
State
House.
It
was
recovery
day.
Moore
was
putting
on
a
recovery
day,
and
this
young
woman
came
up
to
me
and
I
didn't
know
she
was
I
forgot
it.
She
got
too
mean
she
looked
healthy
and
I
could
tell
she
was
in
recovery
and
she
says
she's,
six
months,
sober
and
she's.
The
girl
that
the
speaker
be
shout
to
me
for
and.
F
Yesterday,
I,
once
on
my
meeting
in
the
morning
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
have
been
in
my
head,
have
been
kind
of
my
head's
all
over
the
place
and
I
went
to
my
meeting
yesterday
morning
and
without
without
fail.
Every
time
I
go
to
a
meeting.
I
walked
through
the
meeting
cloudy
and
I'm.
Like
do.
I
really
want
to
go
here.
I
should
have
stayed
in
bed
for
21
minutes.
I,
don't
need
a
meeting
today.
What
am
I
going
to
meet
in
this
nine
o'clock
of
the
morning?
F
F
Kirti's
there
and
and
and
everybody's
there
greeting
you
and
I
sit
down
and
the
first
speaker
gets
up
and
he
he
speaks
for
about
35
minutes
and
he
gave
an
incredible
drunkle
log
and
he
talked
about
his
life
with
drugs
and
alcohol,
and
he
talked
about
recovery
and
he
talked
about
going
back
out
and
he
told
me
he
went.
He
told
us.
We
went
back
out
because
he
stopped
going
to
meetings
and
to
me
a
light,
went
off
in
my
head
and
then
he
talked
about
being
in
recovery
again.
F
So
for
me
it's
about
and
for
all
of
us
it's
a
day
at
a
time.
So
those
of
you
that
in
recovery
in
this
in
this
Hall
today
being
here
is
important.
This
is
not
recovery.
Being
here
today
is
a
benefit
of
recovery
being
able
to
be
here,
but
what
recovery
is
going
to
meetings
and
making
sure
you
continue
to
go
to
meetings.
F
When
I
ran
for
mayor
I
told
my
story
of
addiction,
I
was
it
was
pretty
clear
that
when
I
was
of
state
rep
I
didn't
hide
in
my
recovery,
because
it's
important
I
feel
it's
important
to
give
it
away
and
I
know
it's
an
anonymous
program.
So
I'm
doing
this
my
own
anonymous
way
letting
people
know
that
I'm
I'm
in
recovery
and
it's
important
to
break
down
the
stigma
of
addiction
and
and
and
and
and
it's
important
for
us
to
to
understand
that
you
know
you
can
do
whatever
it
is.
F
You
want
to
do
when
you
get
sober,
there's
no
question
about
it.
I
know,
there's
people
in
this
room,
I,
Pat
in
Brendan
and
Michael
and
and
other
folks,
so
as
I
catch,
you
I'll
throw
your
name
out
there
that
I
know
what
you
were
like
before:
I,
don't
we're
like
before
and
I
know
what
your
life
is
like
now
and
it's
amazing
today.
When
you
get
into
recovery,
we
we
have
to
bring
hope
to
the
person
that's
struggling
out
there.
F
We
are
the
examples
to
a
person
that's
down
and
out
and
not
understanding
what
addiction
is.
You
are
the
face
of
addiction.
You
are
the
face
of
recovery.
Those
are
the
in
recovery.
Those
of
you
that
are
struggling
today
in
this
hall.
Today's
the
good
day
to
stop
today
is
a
good
day.
You
know
the
I
think
today
is
a
16th
of
June
September
September
16
2018
is
a
great
sobriety
date.
17Th
Mo's,
you
got
so
be
yesterday,
so
put
it
down
as
your
recovery
day.
F
So
we're
working
to
create
some
opportunities
for
people.
We
released
our
substance,
abuse
substance,
you
strategic
plan,
focus
on
prevention
and
really
focusing
on
young
kids
of
color
as
well,
because,
as
you
look
around
this
room,
the
young
kids
of
color
are
not
in
this
room
and
we
need
to
get
out
to
that
community
and
let
them
know
that
they
can
get
sober.
F
Last
week
it
was
was
said:
we
file
litigation
against
opiate
manufacturers
and
distributors,
who
played
a
major
role
in
in
causing
this
crisis
with
heroin,
particularly
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
forward,
we're
going
after
the
damages
done
by
the
pharmaceutical
companies.
Monetary
damages,
but
really
what
I
want
to
see
is
them
to
get
a
real
message.
When
I
was
a
state
rep
I
had
Purdue
Pharma
in
my
office.
Many
many
many
years
ago
in
the
conversation
did
not
end
well,
I
accused
them
of
actually
murdering
people.
F
They
didn't
like
what
I
had
to
say
at
the
time,
and
this
was
before
before
it
got
out
there,
and
you
know
what
we
need.
So
we
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
fight
this
this
this
disorder.
It
is
a
disease,
there's
no
question
about
it
and
it's
important
for
people
to
understand
that
it's
a
disease.
F
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say
today
is
those
of
you
in
this
room
that
are
in
recovery
that
have
some
sobriety
recovery
under
your
belt.
One
of
the
areas
of
Boston
I
get
asked
about
all
the
time
is
Mel
mean
in
Mass.
Ave
people
are
constantly
asking
me:
what
are
you
gonna
do?
What
are
you
gonna
do?
What
are
you
gonna
do?
What
are
you
gonna
do
and,
as
a
lot
of
you
know
in
this
room,
know
that
we
have
to
be
willing
to
go
into
treatment
to
get
recovery.
F
We
can't
force
somebody
into
treatment,
that's
not
wanting
to
go
in.
So
what?
What
ask
some
of
the
organizations
that
are
here
today
I
would
love
if
you
would
help
us
in
at
some
point.
I
probably
shouldn't
be
doing
this,
but
every
now
and
then
take
take
a
stroll
down
there
and
try
and
try
and
pick
off
one
person
at
a
time
and
let
them
know
where
your
life
was
and
where
your
life
is
in
the
way
your
life
is
going
to
go.
F
Because
that's
the
that's
the
type
of
intervention
that
we
need
in
recovery
month,
I
have
a
resolution
here
from
the
city
that
I
have
I'm
gonna
I'm,
not
gonna,
read
the
whole
thing
because
you
probably
said
at
all,
but
September's
recovery
month
and
I
got
sober
in
April,
so
April
is
recovery
month.
For
me,
somebody
in
this
room
got
sober
in
January
in
February,
in
March,
in
May,
in
June,
in
July,
in
August,
in
October,
in
November
in
December
recovery
month
is
everyday
and
I
want
us.
F
I
want
us
not
to
forget
that
and
give
the
gift
away
past
the
gift
on
to
another
sick
and
suffering
person,
because
they
need
to
hear
the
story.
They
need
to
hear
the
story
of
recovery
or
recovery
can
do
to
all
the
providers
in
the
room.
I
want
to.
Thank
you,
I
see
a
bunch
of
halfway
houses
here.
I
want
to
thank
you.
I
see
some
detoxes
here.
I
want
to
thank
you,
I
see
a
bunch
of
other
elected,
not
elected
people,
elected
officers,
but
appointed
officers.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work.