- Georgia saw a 62% increase in drug overdose deaths from 2019 to 2021.
- The Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia bus tour is helping to educate communities about recovery resources.
- It is funded with $600,000 from the state’s opioid settlement.
- Watch the video to hear from those recovering from addiction about why resources like these are so needed.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT
“It’s just a special part of Georgia.”
Jeff Breedlove loves coming back home to Valdosta to visit friends and enjoy our downtown.
But this time, he comes back on a mission: helping those suffering from addiction.
“I got arrested when I was the Chief of Staff to an elected official in 2016, and then I went to treatment and I entered into recovery, and I’ve been in recovery, lord willing, this October 26th, 8 years.”
Breedlove is now a chief strategist for the Georgia Recovery Council. He has been going across the state as a part of the Mobilize Recovery Across Georgia bus tour to share his story.
“My whole life was… I was just existing. I wasn’t living. And now I know hope.”