Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to Sponsor Recovery 2.0 Global Online Event
CENTER CITY, Minn., Jan. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation's largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider, is sponsoring the free "Recovery 2.0: Beyond Addiction" online conference Feb. 6-12. The web-based event will present one-on-one, in-depth conversations between yoga teacher and addiction recovery expert Tommy Rosen and a wide variety of wellness and recovery specialists, including William Moyers, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's Vice President of Public Affairs and Community Relations.
"We are pleased once again to partner with Tommy Rosen, one of the most energetic and thoughtful advocates for embracing lifelong recovery," said Nick Motu, Vice President of Marketing, Communications, Business Development and the Center for Public Advocacy at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. "Tommy's 'Recovery 2.0' is an innovative recovery platform. The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's support of Recovery 2.0 reflects our strong commitment to long-term recovery and holistic health."
This will be the fourth Recovery 2.0 conference, which focuses on the Twelve Steps; yoga; meditation; healthy relationships with people, food and money; and the identification of one's purpose and mission in life. The conference will feature four or five speakers per day via streaming video, and it is available for free to anyone in the world.
In addition to Moyers, the 30 speakers will include:
- Medical expert and TV personality Dr. Drew Pinsky
- Jennifer Matesa, author of The Recovering Body from Hazelden Publishing
- Renowned speaker and bestselling author Dr. Gabor Maté
- Actress Mackenzie Phillips
- and many more!
"To be partnering with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a huge thing for me and the entire Recovery 2.0 team and movement," said Rosen, Recovery 2.0's founder and host. "They are the leader in the treatment and recovery space and have been for many years. Their support demonstrates their commitment to front-line ideas, innovation and holistic continuing care. It's a very powerful alliance, I feel, and I'm thrilled about it."
FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SPEAKERS AND TO REGISTER FOR THE FREE RECOVERY 2.O CONFERENCE: http://bit.ly/1x6H00P
About Recovery 2.0
Recovery 2.0 is pioneering a holistic approach to recovery and helping to change lives by providing deeply moving talks that inspire people to approach their own recovery path in a more comprehensive manner. No other conference offers so many varying perspectives and approaches to recovery and delivers them to people online across the globe.
About The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by addiction to alcohol and other drugs. It is the nation's largest nonprofit treatment provider, with a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the 1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center. With 16 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado and Texas, the Foundation offers prevention and recovery solutions nationwide and across the entire continuum of care to help youth and adults reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction. It includes the largest recovery publishing house in the country, a fully accredited graduate school of addiction studies, an addiction research center, an education arm for medical professionals and a unique children's program, and is the nation's leader in advocacy and policy for treatment and recovery. Learn more at www.hazeldenbettyford.org.
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