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“Just do what I do when things get tough, tell yourself, I’m a champion and then act that way. Road Recovery feels good!!” – Iggy Pop, The Stooges |
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“Road Recovery is about young folks, unfixable houses and giving them shelter and a direction. We love you Road Recovery!”
– Perry & Etty Farrell, Jane’s Addiction, Satellite Party |
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“Road Recovery, this live vital force should be seen, heard, and supported more than sex, drugs & rock ’n’ roll that the media highlights. Road Recovery is the power of sound musicianship.” – Juliette Lewis, Actress, Singer |
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“I’m proud of Road Recovery, proud to be a part of such a valuable organization. Keep in mind, people addicted to anything are so creative. Road Recovery is all about redirecting that energy in a positive direction” – Little Steven, Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street band |
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“This weekend, working with Road Recovery was a highlight of my life.” - Handsome Dick Manitoba, The Dictators |
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“It was my pleasure to participate in Road Recovery’s Benefit, a great organization
to inspire young people to love music.” - Gilby Clarke, Guns N' Roses |
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“Road Recovery…A life-changing experience.” - Don Was, Record Producer |
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"For over ten years Road Recovery has been
helping kids find their way towards a healthy future through the
efforts of music industry professionals. I am proud to be a member
of this great organization. Once you find that you want this [Road
Recovery], it's something tangible that you can achieve & very
much worth the effort."
- Slash, Velvet Revolver, Guns N' Roses |
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"I’m so happy to meet these kids and
to know that they are back on the right track. They are among the
most promising young people I’ve met in a long time and Road
Recovery is what’s behind it all!"
– Tony Bennett, Singer |
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| "Turning that road to ruin into Road Recovery
can be a great one having the tools and support.
The keys for me have been honesty and awareness. Respecting yourself
with honesty will give you and others a clear mission on what is
healthy and what is not. When people know your struggles they can help
you be aware of your behavior.
Be the rebel and help break the myth of sex, drugs, rock and roll
by standing up with your given gift. Stand up with out those
crutches before they inevitably fail you. Road Recovery, they
fight the good fight."
- With Much Love and
Respect, James ‘papa
het’ Hetfield,
(Metallica)
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"Road Recovery’s mentor programs foster
important change in young people’s lives - AND THEY ROCK HARD
AT THE SAME TIME. They say 'if you don't stand up for something,
you’ll fall for anything' and I think that’s really true.
Have the courage to stand up for one another and those less fortunate.
I support Road Recovery’s efforts and everyone involved in
the work of this amazing organization."
– Tom
Morello, Street Sweeper Social Club, The Nightwatchman, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine |
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"Road Recovery is Fantastic! Once you've taken the rum out of the fruit cake, Road Recovery helps you deal with the fruit!"
– Steve Lillywhite, Record Producer |
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| “Road Recovery and Music are gifts that can lift the pain from your heart and carry you forward to better life.” – Boyd Tinsley, Dave Matthews Band |
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"Pot is fun and should be legal. For some
that's all it is…for those with addictive personalities
they can face a treacherous road and I’ve seen it happen to
some of my friends over the years. Crystal Meth, Heroin, Coke, all
that stuff can overtake you. This idea of Road Recovery helps kids
avoid the treacherous road of the drugs that can overtake you."
–
Wayne
Coyne of The Flaming Lips 'category' |
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“Road Recovery, such a great cause!” – Paul Anka, Singer |
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"It took me 23 years to get there. It was
a long and limey road. I’m not doing anything again if I’m
not sober. Sobriety is worth it! Road Recovery is worth it! If you
want it, stick it out, you’ll get there. If we follow these
principals to the best of our ability then we don’t have to
go back!"
– Ozzy Osbourne |
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| "To be at one with the storm of your brothers and sisters is to be in still waters and Road Recovery provides the mooring....." – Andrew Oldham, Legendary Producer, Impresario, & Manager – Rolling Stones (1960’s). |
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"It's an honor and a privilege to
be part of helping young people find their way out of the dark & into
the light through Road Recovery."
– Jerry
Cantrell, Alice In Chains |
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"I am happy to be a part of Road Recovery
and so are the guys in my comedy band - The Crown Royals featuring
The Rehab Horns. We look forward to helping America's youth!"
– Denis
Leary, Comedian/Actor |
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"Road Recovery is a beacon of light in a
dark and confusing world. Addiction is so tricky and insidious and
community is the cure. Road Recovery is all about community, a great
organization with amazing programs. I'm so happy to be sober and
grateful to be in the company of people getting the point early!"
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Trey Anastasio, Singer/Songwriter, Phish |
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“Road Recovery is Great! Bob 1”
- Bob Mothersbaugh (DEVO) |
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"It was very nice meeting with all
of you from Road Recovery. The biggest disservice you can do
is to ignore or deny your potential, it’s quite limitless,
take control as it can be the difference between pass & fail."
– Henry
Rollins, Singer/Songwriter, Spoken Word Artist, Author,
Actor, and Publisher. |
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"It's wonderful to see these young
people getting sober! I really regret that I didn’t get it
early, I wasted so much time. I wish Road Recovery well…their
young people could have continued …but they didn’t miss
nothing, I speak from experience. Together we all get to go on with
life! Road Recovery's great!"
– Joe Walsh, Solo Artist, The Eagles
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"Road Recovery, that's
really cool"
– Joan Jett, Punk Rock Legend |
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"Wow, all these kids are all sober? That’s great! It’s
good to have Road Recovery’s programs… a great thing
for young people to focus on music to make it possible to play without
the excess!"
– Kenny Wayne Shepherd, blues-rock guitarist,
singer, songwriter
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"Road Recovery is THE music industry organization
that addresses the issues of substance abuse prevention and education
for teenagers and young adults. MusiCares is proud to have a professional
working relationship with this wonderful organization."
– Harold
Owens, Senior Director, MusiCares/Map Foundation |
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"Road Recovery seems to trade sadness and
disparity for focus and creativity. The life stories of these courageous
people are testimonies of their strength and maturity. Watching them
carry each other with kindness, sensitivity and regard was moving,
but seeing them work together, writing music and allocating their
passions to something communal, was inspiring. Music has never seemed
so therapeutic as it does with these kids through Road Recovery."
- Fabrizio Moretti, Drummer, The Strokes |
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"Music is an amazing form of self-expression…use
this expression to help you deal with problems in your life. Road
Recovery helps you use music as a tool to get away from a position
of where you are."
– Billy
Bragg, artist |
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"It's an inspiration to know the people at
Road Recovery who give so much of their lives to helping others."
- Charles Grodin, Actor/Writer |
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"Road Recovery Walks it as they Talk it."
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Peter Jenner, Sincere Management (UK), legendary artist manager -
Pink Floyd, The Clash, Billy Bragg |
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"Last night I spent three hours
with a group of a dozen kids in Road Recovery. We talked and we
jammed and it was a great experience for me. Road Recovery is comprised
of people with a hope of teaching kids that they can draw a map
through this world that doesn’t include
a stop at the liquor store or the dope house. I saw myself in that
room and I realized that to be 16 or 19 or 22... and clean... and
totally uninhibited was living proof of principles in action. What
appears to be contrary to the laws of nature are HAPPENING in Road
Recovery. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t
have believed it.
It’s a true hands-on program for young people and it needs
to be duplicated around the world. Do whatever you can to support
them."
– Wayne Kramer, Artist, Founding Member
- MC5, Writer, Activist
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The Road Recovery Foundation receives
support from Bloomberg L.P. "It
is our pleasure to support Road Recovery’s important programs
combining music industry and mental health professionals to teach
young people about the benefits of a drug-free life. We are proud
to a part of this initiative and commend [Road Recovery’s]
outreach efforts."
– Bloomberg L.P. |
"I support anything that liberates people
from oppression, that’s what Road Recovery continues to provide
all of us - young and old."
– Katell
Keineg, Artist |
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"Road Recovery Rocks! It’s the
real deal, life changing, the truth like seeing Iggy Pop!"
– Jimmy, Trash
and Vaudville |
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"Road Recovery fills the void between the
clinical treatment of addiction and the real world. Road Recovery
perfectly connects and complements the process of ongoing long term
recovery in order for young people to live a sober full life. Starting
in 1967 The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco was
built on Rock’n’Roll and has maintained our close association
ever since. I am happy to unite with Road Recovery who are connecting
the mission of recovery of all kinds through music."
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Dr.
David Smith, Founder, Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, Medical
Director, Prometa procedure/protocol |
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"Road Recovery is an organization that believes
in you even when you've lost belief in yourself. Road Recovery is
an amazing group of people and great friends to all."
- Jimmy Gnecco,
Artist, OURS
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"Road Recovery is a very special
group of people who knows how it is when you live life, and wants
to make sure kids of all ages get a real shot from people who experienced
a lot and are willing to give back! This is the realist thing I've
seen out here for real".
- Doug E. Fresh, Parent, Artist |
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"Road Recovery is a mitzvah. As a guy who's
recovering from everything, I can appreciate both the beautiful spirit
and practicality that informs this program. For young people who
want to pursue a life of music-but to do it without the self-destructive
tragedy of addiction-Road Recovery is a clarion call. I'm proud to
be a small part of a big plan that helps us all stay sane."
- Walter Yetnikoff, music industry legend |
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"Road Recovery is Hope. It
is support. When those in harm's way are isolated, hope and support
are the main ingredients to a successful turnaround. I commend
Road Recovery!"
- Charlie Feldman, VP, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) |
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"Road Recovery is an amazing power of example;
I am truly blown away by the simplicity of their message and the
honesty with which they bring it. Road Recovery’s magic lies
in its people; there is an overwhelming sense of family that emanates
from each one of the members and welcomes everyone that comes into
the mix."
- Andrea Gruber, Soprano |
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"Road Recovery's program explores
creative alternatives to drug and alcohol abuse....[teaching kids]
that you can be down at the very bottom and rise back up again."
- Marcia Clark, The New York Times |
"Road Recovery is doing a great
thing of inspiring the next generation to understand the principle
of passing it on by first discovering a sense of openness and awareness
which allows a good shot of what can happen!"
- Dr. John, Parent, Grandfather, Artist |
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"Road Recovery is a blessing
to the community at large! By offering at risk youth the opportunity
to hear testimonials such as my husband's Darryl, and I. Sharing
our experiences, strength, hope and the faith to overcome the disease
of alcoholism, addiction and its many effects."
- Darryl & Charisse Strawberry, Parents |
"Road Recovery is one of the few adolescent
recovery programs that is able to help teenagers successfully maintain
sobriety within their home communities. Success occurs through a
balance between: creative arts and music, the power of affiliation
with other sober teens, and the ability to interact with inspirational
and notable people who have been touched by either addiction or other
life challenges. In my practice, I regularly utilize Road Recovery
as a powerful clinical tool for treating adolescents and their families
who face substance use disorders or other addictive problems."
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Scott
Bienenfeld, M.D. |
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"Road Recovery is literally a
life-saving organization and a blessing to the music business, providing
a vital, precious service in an often brutal industry."
- Steven Schub, Actor/Lead Singer, The Fenwicks |
"Road Recovery, the real deal, where dreams
become reality, Crazy James an amazing group of people....their band
will change your life."
- Mikey, Drummer, Shiny Toy Guns |
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"Let's hear it for Road Recovery!
It's a tough and dirty job they do, and if they didn't do it, maybe
not too many other people would. It's a crucial job, but not everybody
realizes it needs doing. Road Recovery carries the promise of deliverance
from those who can speak of substance abuse from those who can
speak of it from first-hand experience to those who might never
hear of it without their peers to relate to. It has been more than
a privilege and pleasure, it has been a blessing to have participated
with Road Recovery's work. I eagerly anticipate having more to
do with them, and with the kind of work they do."
- Peter Tork, Musician, Artist, Shoe Suede Blues, The Monkees |
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"Meeting the people from Road Recovery lifted
my day, we swapped Grateful Dead stories and shared in how much being
sober means to us all. Each day is a bonus, I'm so happy to be here
it’s so far from where I have been in my life, and I'm inspired
by meeting my new friends!"
– Chris
Difford, Artist, Founding Member - Squeeze
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"I am in the unique position
of having been a witness to the conception of Road Recovery and recently
in a position to refer a client from my practice to the program.
In terms of prevention, Road Recovery offers young people an opportunity
to interact with musicians and others in the music industry who support
and live substance free lives. I will continue to refer clients and
others to the program."
- Laurie B. Levine, Ph.D. |
"How can we refer to ourselves
as a community until we are able to take in the ones whose families
may have fallen short of the mark, or those who have strayed to a
distant neighborhood, and help them to be a part of it all? The Graham
School and Road Recovery are doing just that. It's schooling on the
road to recovery."
- Arliss Howard & Debra Winger, Parents, Actors |
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"Road Recovery's concept is
an important and effective contribution to saving lives and maintaining
the health of the music industry family."
- Louis D. Cox, Ph.D.
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"Road Recovery is part of the incredible
path to ultimate freedom! Thank You!"
– Joan As Police Woman |
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"My sister died of a heroin overdose
in 1997, she was hip and cool and she was an artist…I just wonder
what a program like this might have meant to her if she had known
it was there."
- Sarah Jones, Actress, Poet |
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"Road Recovery lifts every soul!"
– Keb’ Mo’,
blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter |
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"I think Road Recovery is an amazing organization!
Road Recovery’s programs give direction to young people by
helping them follow their passion for music or whatever…find
something you love, focus on it and let it unfold is what Road Recovery
is all about!"
– Matt Pinfield, Radio & TV
DJ/Personality, Music Producer |
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"As a sober musician, and seasoned veteran
of the road, I feel enormous gratitude that Road Recovery exists
as support and resource for people like me striving to live on a
spiritual path in an environment so often fueled by drugs and alcohol!
Road Recovery is guiding today’s musical youth towards a path
of positive living through sobriety and fellowship!"
- Evan Seinfeld, Musician, Actor, Biohazard |
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"I greatly admire Road Recovery’s
tenacity in tackling such a tough problem. The world is lucky to
have people so willing to give of themselves to help others."
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Scott Booker, World’s Fair, Manager for The Flaming Lips |
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"Through Road Recovery we can
all look up at the stars!"
- Christopher Kennedy Lawford |
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"Road Recovery lights the
path for youth who are struggling to discover their own greatness
and the rainbow that shines from within."
- Toni Blackman, U.S. Hip-Hop Ambassador
"Road Recovery is the key to success!"
- Keith Murray, Artist |
"By providing a channel of self expression,
Road Recovery helps fill the void…Plus, if these kids don't
play music they will probably rob you."
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Mike D., Comedian
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"We need more music industry
people in helping Road Recovery spread it's message of substance
free living through the power of music to young people."
- Barry Bergman, Founder, President - MMF - US (Music Managers'
Forum) |
"Road Recovery is a beacon of hope for those
whom society has chosen to ignore. They are in the business of saving
lives, one soul at a time. May God continue to bless the staff and
students."
- Bruce George,
Co-Founder of Def Poetry Jam |
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"It was great to share in the process of
recovery…Road Recovery inspires me to stay on this path…"
– Joseph Arthur, Artist
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"Though young in years, Road
Recovery has become one of the best resources in the music industry
for countering drug and alcohol addictions. The organization's various
programs empower people to take charge of their lives. And it accomplishes
this through the power of music. In this way, music is the answer."
- Michael Paoletta, Senior Writer/Reviews Editor, Billboard
Magazine |
"I think that the Vans Warped Tour and Road
Recovery are a natural partnership. Though we all love what we do,
the pressures of this lifestyle can and does often lead to substance
abuse for some people. Fortunately, Road Recovery is there to support
artists and crew members in their time of need...and through music
industry professionals, Road Recovery delivers creative alternatives
to young music lovers."
- Kevin Lyman,
Founder of The Vans Warped Tour |
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