Breaking the Silence: Empowering Voices in Addiction Recovery

Daniel Hearn’s talk explores the critical intersection of personal experience and systemic change in the realm of substance abuse recovery. He shares his own compelling journey of substance abuse, loss, and the hard-fought road to recovery, demonstrating how lived experience can be a powerful tool for advocating change in recovery systems.

Daniel challenges the notion that the willingness to recover should outweigh the opportunity to take action. His message is one of hope and empowerment, aimed at giving a voice to those silenced by stigma and showing that recovery is not just a possibility, but a reality.