Connecting & Supporting Recovery Communities
Because lasting change happens when recovery isn’t siloed.
OUR BELIEF
We do this work because we believe that recovery thrives in connected communities, and lasting change happens when recovery isn’t siloed.
OUR MISSION
To connect and support recovery communities.
OUR VISION
People, resources, and organizations are working together so that recovery is within reach for all.
Connecting Recovery Communities
To unite recovery communities, we offer a series of statewide and community-specific events, coalitions and task forces. We then publish our shared solutions – so everyone can reap the benefits of our work.
Our Shared Solutions
Check out how Recovery Alliance Initiative connects communities and creates change through real-world solutions, collaborative programs, and measurable results.
The Communities We Support
Supporting The Work Of RAI
Our Events
HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP…
ECC Monthly Community Meeting – Kinston!
Meeting Topic: Systems & Resources to Prevent Return to Use Join leaders from across our 9-county region to discuss what’s working, surface ongoing challenges, and explore how we can move forward together.
ECC Monthly Community Meeting – New Bern!
Meeting Topic: Reentry Join leaders from across our 9-county region to discuss what’s working, surface ongoing challenges, and explore how we can move forward together.
ECC Monthly Community Meeting – Onslow!
Meeting Topic: Peer Support Join leaders from across our 9-county region to discuss what’s working, surface ongoing challenges, and explore how we can move forward together.
RAI 2026 Summit- Raleigh, NC
We bring together multiple sectors, people with lived experience, clinicians, law enforcement, justice, advocates, and community leaders and partners to connect and support recovery communities.
ECC Monthly Community Meeting – Kinston!
Meeting Topic: Post Overdose Response Teams Join leaders from across our 9-county region to discuss what’s working, surface ongoing challenges, and explore how we can move forward together.
REACH OUT TO LEARN MORE
Looking For Immediate Help?
If you are an individual struggling with substance use or mental health and need help, the following resources are available for you.
CRISIS
If you need to talk to someone right now, call 988 or text 988. For life-threatening emergencies, call 911 and request a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Officer, as they have specialized training.
SAD, STRESSED, LONELY
If you’re feeling sad, stressed, lonely or just need to talk, this line is for you. You don’t need to be in crisis to call the NC Peer Warmline at +1 (855) 733-7762. This is a free, private phone number available day or night to talk to someone who understands. You’ll be connected to someone who has personal experience with mental health or substance use disorders.
FIND TREATMENT NOW
OPTION 1
Call or text the NC Recovery Helpline at (800) 688-4232, a program of the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina (ADCNC). Check out the ADCNC website here.
OPTION 2
For assistance with Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance Use and Traumatic Brain Injury, visit the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) website here.
OPTION 3
For confidential and anonymous resource for persons seeking treatment, visit FindTreatment.gov, a program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
This program is supported and funded by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services.
RECOVERY ALLIANCE INITIATIVE IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY
