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August 25, 2021 – Delivered virtually, Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo® online solutions bring our world-class outpatient addiction and mental health care, recovery support resources, family services and community solutions directly to you.  New online education courses offered by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation aim to help people who are questioning or confused about their substance use, or beginning to experience negative consequences such as understand how marijuana, alcohol and other substance use can contribute to a myriad of life problems and how to make changes to prevent future consequences and reduce ongoing risks.  “Historically, most substance use services have been designed to help those in late-stage addiction who have hit some sort of ‘rock bottom,’ which is like waiting until people have a heart attack to help them with their heart disease. Our new Risk Reduction Education Courses are one way we’re reaching more people and expanding earlier-stage options within our continuum of services—providing helpful, expert information and inviting compassionate, dignified conversations that can be a catalyst for change,” said Joseph Lee, MD, president and CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford, the nation’s largest nonprofit system of addiction treatment, mental health care, recovery resources and related prevention and education services.

Other RecoveryGo® resources and services now available include insurance-eligible virtual Intensive Outpatient addiction treatment; mental health care; a free one-day virtual Family Program, available in English and Spanish; a virtual Children’s Program; and numerous digital recovery support tools, such as mobile apps, podcasts and an online peer community.

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