Event

THE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE

Former New York Ranger Stephan Matteau IN PERSON to share his courageous journey of addiction to long term recovery
Co-Presented by Center for Soulful Living

Join the Center for Soulful Living and the CAC for a thought-provoking and essential night as we join 23 million in solidarity to help remove the "shame" from the addiction/recovery equation, bring awareness to the issues at hand and shift the conversation proactively!

The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Deeply entrenched social stigma and mass participation in widely successful anonymous 12-step groups have kept recovery voices silent and faces hidden for decades. The vacuum created by this silence has been filled by sensational mass media depictions of addiction that continue to perpetuate a lurid public fascination with the dysfunctional side of what is a preventable and treatable health condition. Just like women with breast cancer, or people with HIV/AIDS, courageous addiction recovery advocates are starting to come out of the shadows to tell their true stories. The moving story of The Anonymous People is told through the faces and voices of the leaders, volunteers, corporate executives, and celebrities who are laying it all on the line to save the lives of others just like them. This passionate new public recovery movement is fueling a changing conversation that aims to transform public opinion, and finally shift problematic policy toward lasting recovery solutions.

USA, 2013, 88 min., Unrated, DCP | Director: Greg Williams

The Center for Soulful Living, a holistic & counseling wellness center located in Commack, NY (soulfulife.com) offers an innovative approach to healing from all types of addiction through the use of various alternative healing modalities