2013 America Honors Recovery Awards

Every year significant people in the recovery community are honored for the role in helping people recover from addiction. The 2013 America Honors Recovery Awards were presented to leaders in the recovery community on June 26, 2013. While there are countless people who contribute to the success of people trying to recover, there are some who stand out as pillars in the community.

This year’s honorees are:

• A New Path (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing) of San Diego, received The Joel Hernandez Award
• Tom Coderre, Rhode Island State Senator
• Andre L. Johnson of the Detroit Recovery Project
• Scott Strode of Phoenix Multisport of Denver, Colorado, received the Vernon Johnson Award
• Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disability Services, received the Lisa Mojer-Torres Award
• Kristen Johnston, Emmy Award-winning actress and best-selling author, received The Voice of Recovery Award

America Honors Recovery is the addiction recovery community’s annual awards event, recognizing the more than 20 million Americans in recovery and recovery community organizations who help countless people recover.

The awards were held at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.