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Every fall, thousands of people in recovery, their families, and the people who lost someone walk together along the Delaware River in Philadelphia for PRO-ACT's Recovery Walks. Our Chief Wellness Officer, former Flyers defenseman Chris Therien, was invited to speak — and he talked about his own recovery, not a highlight reel.
If you are in southeastern Pennsylvania and wondering whether recovery is possible, this event is the single clearest answer: a river of people who are living it. Our Phoenixville, Center City Philadelphia and Avondale offices are part of that same community.
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Recovery Walks is organized each year by PRO-ACT — the Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Achieving Community Together, a program of the Council of Southeast Pennsylvania. It is a free, family-friendly walk on Philadelphia's Penn's Landing that brings together people in recovery, families who have lost someone to overdose, treatment providers, and recovery community organizations.
It is not a fundraiser dressed up as a rally. The point is visibility: putting recovery in public, in daylight, with names and faces attached, so that the stigma that keeps people from asking for help has a harder time surviving.
Chris Therien played 764 NHL games, most of them for the Philadelphia Flyers, and then nearly lost everything to alcohol. He has been open about the drinking, the consequences, and the work of getting sober — which is exactly why the recovery community keeps asking him to talk.
He tells the part most athletes skip: that being tough is what kept him sick, and that asking for help was the harder thing. You can read more about Chris joining Pennsylvania Recovery Center and about the Recovery Awareness Night he headlined.
You do not need an event to start. Call (610) 233-4342 and we will check your benefits and tell you what is open this week.
The instant check reviews pending admissions, therapist caseloads and open group spots across all three Pennsylvania offices and virtual IOP.
Southeastern Pennsylvania has been at the center of the overdose crisis for a decade, and Philadelphia's fentanyl and tranq supply is among the most dangerous in the country. Public events like this do something clinical care cannot: they show a person who is still using that people like them get out.
Stigma is measurable. People delay treatment for years because of what they think their family, boss or neighbors will say. A visible, celebratory crowd shortens that delay — and shortening the delay is how people survive long enough to get care.
Register through PRO-ACT — walking is free, teams are welcome, and you do not have to be in recovery to attend. If you are early in recovery and nervous about crowds, bring your sponsor or a friend and plan to leave when you want to.
If you would rather start with treatment than an event, our PHP runs about six hours a day, our IOP runs nine to fifteen hours a week with day and evening tracks, and virtual IOP covers all of Pennsylvania.
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Clinically appropriate Pennsylvania residents can join structured groups and therapy from home without traveling to one of our three offices.
Explore our statewide virtual IOP →2215 Kimberton Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460
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Learn about our Phoenixville office →1026 Winter Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Serving Center City, Chinatown, Washington Square West, Rittenhouse, South Philadelphia, Fishtown, Northern Liberties, University City and the Main Line.
Learn about our Philadelphia office →1284 Gap Newport Pike, Avondale, PA 19311
Serving Avondale, Kennett Square, West Grove, Oxford, Landenberg, Coatesville and the Route 41 corridor of southern Chester County.
Learn about our Avondale office →Virtual IOP is available to residents anywhere in Pennsylvania. Call (610) 233-4342 to ask which option fits your schedule.
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No. Families, friends, coworkers, providers and anyone who has lost someone are all welcome, and the walk is free.
Along Philadelphia's waterfront at Penn's Landing, a short drive or SEPTA ride from our Center City Philadelphia office.
The event is public, so plan accordingly. If you want privacy, treatment itself is confidential and protected by HIPAA — call us instead of attending.
Our team can answer questions there, but admission starts with a brief phone assessment and an insurance check. Call (610) 233-4342 any day.
The current numbers for PA and our counties, plus naloxone, test strips and next steps.
Read article →CRN evaluation, highway safety school, assessment and treatment — in the order they happen.
Read article →The former Flyer, his recovery, and what the Center City office offers.
Read article →Hockey, hope and asking for help — why public recovery events move people to call.
Read article →This article is educational and is not medical advice. If someone is in danger, call 911.
Call us and we will verify your benefits, recommend a level of care and tell you what is open in Phoenixville, Center City Philadelphia, Avondale or virtual IOP.