Reclaiming lives No Images? Click here 2017 Recovery Plus Award WinnersThe Awards are the 'Oscars' celebrating 'stars' helping people to recover from addictive behaviours. They recognise, celebrate and encourage the lifesaving but underrecognised vocation of dedicated workers. The 2017 Awards will culminate on Monday night - 26 June is World Drug Day - in a glittering dinner at the 5* Royal Horseguards, opposite London Eye. Please see the award categories and winners below. The 2017 Recovery Plus Award WinnersLifetime achievement ~ lawyerJonathan Goodliffe ~ educating legal profession + guiding them to recovery Lifetime achievement ~ psychiatristProfessor Colin Drummond Lifetime achievement ~ doctorDr Colin Payton ~ supporting and informing other doctors Lifetime achievement ~ addiction therapistMax Cohen ~ expertise, integrity, altruism, discretion Politician of the yearJonathan Ashworth, for his work supporting children of alcoholics Recovery journalist of the yearUK: Steve Doughty US: Louise Stanger (blogs) Champion ~ grassroots movementAnnemarie Ward ~ work on Faces And Voices Of Recovery UK (Favor UK) Peer recovery championClare Kennedy ~ work via Kennedy Street & Co CIC Lifetime achievement ~ drugs preventionMary Brett ~ educating decision makers to protect children from drugs Recovery researcher of the yearMichelle Taylor, Bristol University ~ study on cannabis as gateway drug Addiction-treatment commissioner of the yearAnthony Bullock ~ integrated services The National Association for Children of Alcoholics JUDGES: Entries for the 2018 Awards will open on 1 January 2018. |