Addiction Recovery Award Show

Did you know that there’s an award show for addiction recovery? Well, the Strength and Hope Award Show is just that.

The show places a spotlight on the importance of being of service to yourself and others, after you have finished treatment. According to the show, the goal is to have young people overcome the “stigma of alcoholism, addiction and mental illness.”

The annual award show celebrates and acknowledges the close connection in Hollywood between recovery and entertainment, as seen by the vast amount of celebrities that show up to show their support for the cause.

Daniel Baldwin, after being given the Audience Award from the Reel Recovery Film Festival for directing The Wisdom to Know the Difference, confirmed this outpour of support by confessing that, “I made this movie because it helps me stay sober. How far would you go to repay such a debt?”

This past show, they honored actor and author Joe Pantoliano, who received the Experience, Strength and Hope Award for consistently showing “character, courage and creativity in recovery.”

When asked what the award meant to him, Joe expressed that, “the fact that I found a way to deal with my pain and suffering means the world to me. Coming here, I have the opportunity to tell my story and maybe people can see reflections and glimpses of themselves, helping them to find their own path to recovery.”

Joe’s acceptance speech hit on many points that so many feel on a day to day basis, especially when he posed this question to the crowd: “why the bigotry, why the stigma, why the shame when we almost all have a version of this disease? We’re all using something to deal with the pain and suffering of being human.”