Friends Of Recovery Long Island Chapter

Through education and advocacy, we aim to eliminate the negative public perception around addiction, achieve full parity with treatment and recovery support services on demand for those seeking help. We strive to ensure that A compassionate, well-informed understanding of addiction as a chronic medical condition becomes the norm. Addiction is a public health issue, the evolving science behind addiction is finally driving a system change away from a cruel and failed criminal justice focus to a healthcare approach. LIRA, the first ever Recovery Community Organization in New York was built on the premise that the recovering community is frequently overlooked and often discounted in matters of public interest because historically we have been mostly invisible in the public eye.