Become a Recovery Peer with Your Union Sisters & Brothers

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Recovery Peers are people like you who have lived experience and have been successful in recovery from substance use and/or mental health challenges. Peers use their own experience to help others in similar situations.

You understand the unique pressures and stresses of the construction industry. You will be able to help your union brothers and sisters find and sustain recovery.

Trade recovery peers go through training and work together with Building Futures’ recovery program to support their fellow union members.

Recovery Peer Training

An interactive 8-hour training for Building Trades members in recovery who want to strengthen their skills in supporting peers facing substance use and mental health challenges.

Objectives:

  • Foster a sense of community and support participants in their recovery journey.

  • Normalize conversations about mental health and substance use in the construction industry.

  • Recognize addiction as a medical condition, not a matter of willpower.

  • Challenge myths and stigma that prevent people from seeking support.

  • Understand that recovery is a lifelong journey with multiple pathways to wellness.

  • Develop skills to use empathetic language and active listening when supporting peers.

  • Define the role of a peer as a trusted source of support with lived experience.

  • Identify local and industry-specific resources for mental health and substance use support.

Participants are compensated for time in training and, if you choose to be a recovery peer moving forward, for your time as a peer.

Interested? Call or text Michael Currier at Building Futures at 401-426-2470 or reach out by email.

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Next Recovery Peer Training

Saturday, May 31 | 8:30-3:30