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2011 Flickr Challenge Winners

(11/11/2011)

Thank you to all who helped SAMHSA highlight 2011 National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) events and showed support for recovery by participating in the Recovery Month Flickr Challenge. The great photos and events help show that recovery is possible and illustrate the amazing impact Recovery Month has around the country.

Congratulations to our 2011 Recovery Month Flickr Challenge winner: mcshinmcshin! This user uploaded and tagged more than 900 photos of the 7th Annual Recovery Fest and BBQ Cook Off in Glen Allen, Virginia.

A gallery of just a few of the great pictures submitted is available on Flickr and other event photos entered in the Challenge are available on Flickr.

View the gallery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhsa/galleries/72157627960503435/

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Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation.
SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.

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