🌸 Prevention Starts with Awareness: Substance Use & Misuse Prevention Month🌸

❤️ Prevention starts with awareness. ❤️ This month, let's learn, support, and stand together for substance use prevention and recovery.

Hello Operation Flourish Fam!

Did you know October is National Substance Use and Misuse Prevention Month? It was first recognized in 2011 to highlight the importance of preventing substance misuse and supporting those on their recovery journey.

This month is important because addiction affects millions of families every year. Prevention starts with awareness, and education empowers us to make healthy choices and create supportive communities.

Here are 3 ways you can get involved:

• Learn and share facts: Knowledge helps stop stigma and promotes understanding.

• Participate in local prevention events: Your support shows that recovery is possible.

• Model healthy coping strategies: Choose joyful movement, mindfulness, or creative outlets instead of turning to harmful habits.

Avoiding risk behaviors is one of the 5 pillars of #ChooseHealth, and this month reminds us that making positive choices doesn’t just protect us—it inspires others to do the same.

Cheerfully yours,

Kayla Myers

#SubstanceUsePreventionMonth #OperationFlourish #ChooseHealth #RecoveryIsPossible #HealthyHabits #AwarenessMatters

P.S. Take a moment to learn one new fact about substance use prevention and share it with your circle. Knowledge truly saves lives.