Nearly 1,000 people in recovery, their families, advocates, and organizations dedicated to addiction treatment gathered on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Friday to celebrate Recovery Month with music, proclamations, and encouragement.
The 3rd Annual event was sponsored again by Samaritan Recovery Community — the event founder — Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & other Addiction Services (TAADAS), and others to salute the people of the recovery community.
“Hands across the bridge event was really initiated because we heard about several other cities doing that,” Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drugs and other Addiction Services Executive Director Mary Linden Salter said. “When you show support for each other who have lost loved ones to overdose, it really brings (the) recovery community together.”…