The disease of addiction affects more than 23 million Americans every year. Less than 10 percent of those individuals receive the help they need*. The Foundation for Recovery focuses on viable solutions to treat this chronic disease by providing services to affected individuals, their families, and their friends.

Incorporated in 2005, the Foundation for Recovery is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Foundation's mission is to make recovery from addiction more available to the addict who still suffers and is inspired by the principles exhibited in the lives of addicts who have found and continue to live in recovery.

Funding

The Foundation is supported primarily by individual and corporate charitable donations. As you learn about this devastating disease, please consider helping us increase the availability and quality of recovery programs. Make your tax-deductible donation online today to support the Foundation's initiatives. Together we can bring hope and recovery to those who suffer from addiction.

The Rooms and Recovery Bookstore at 4750 W. Sahara Ave.

Resource Directory

The Foundation publishes the quarterly Southern Nevada Recovery Resource Directory, which contains a wide range of up-to-date information on support groups, treatment centers, recovery homes, social service agencies, and drug-free leisure and recreational activities. Call the Foundation at (702) 257-8199 to request free copies.

Research

The Foundation undertakes research projects that focus on a variety of treatment modalities that can assist addicts in their recovery process. Research is conducted in different areas of study, including alternative modalities and topics undertaken by other national organizations that place an emphasis on recovery and treatment best practice standards.

Scholarships

Treatment Scholarship Fund: the Foundation for Recovery offers full and partial scholarships to qualified applicants for treatment episodes. Scholarships may vary depending on, but not limited to, the applicant, availability of funds, and preferred treatment program.

Addiction Studies Scholarship Fund: Currently, the Foundation provides funds to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which underwrites three full-tuition scholarships per academic calendar year at the graduate and undergraduate level. The Addiction Studies Scholarship Fund Committee reviews and determines the eligibility of potential academic institutions and welcomes inquiries.

Who Benefits from the Foundation?

• Recovering addicts and their families
• Children, teenagers, and their parents
• Government policy makers
• Medical researchers
• Public health professionals
• Educators
• The Media

Recovery Bookstore

The Bookstore offers a variety of books and merchandise related to recovery for individuals, professionals, students, and organizations and also carries a broad range of complimentary and discounted twelve-step literature and meeting calendars. Drop by, shop online, or contact us for a product catalog. Each purchase directly supports the Foundation's programs and operations.

Library, Archives & Museum

The Foundation for Recovery Library, Archives, and Museum collection documents 150 years of addiction and its prevention- and recovery movements in the United States.  These 200 cubic feet of books, artifacts, audiovisual and archival materials cover, among other recovery topics, the temperance movement, prohibition, historical treatment methods, and 12-Step recovery fellowships, with a primary focus on Narcotics Anonymous.  At this time, the collection is in its initial processing stages and is unavailable for research.  However, we are able to share a small portion of our material with the public through a free exhibit at the Foundation for Recovery store. 

Example of a Harrison Narcotics Tax stamp, enacted in 1914 as
an attempt to regulate and tax the distribution of opiates.
[FFR Library, Archives & Museum collection.]

The Rooms

The Foundation makes meeting rooms available to twelve-step, professional diversion, and other support groups. The Rooms is the host site of workshops, speaker engagements, and special events. For information on scheduling a standing group meeting, call the Foundation and ask for an application (a nominal room rental fee applies for each meeting booked).

A Partner in the Community

The Foundation works together with other nonprofits, civic, and volunteer groups to improve quality of life issues and develop needed public services. The Foundation is pleased to participate in extensive media and imaging work as the Nevada affiliate of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America™.

Green tea cup from Narcotic Anonymous "rabbit meeting"
days--gatherings that would be held and travel from the site
to another.
[FFR Museum archive collection]

Programs are subject to change without notice.

* Statistics provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Overview of Findings from the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, (Rockville, MD: Office of Applied Studies, 2005.)

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