 Hundreds of people walk through neighborhoods at Breiner this weekend in an effort to let people know they're not alone in their recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. An area group called the sober squad led the free awareness event with this week's community spotlight reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Sober! Sober! What! Hundreds of people of different ages, lifestyles and backgrounds gathered at Lum Park on Sunday with a shared purpose to let people know they are not alone in their recovery. Everyone getting together and letting everyone know that you're not alone in recovery and that we are here for you. We're going to let the community know we're all here for them, get involved, get the family of friends, everybody involved in it. The sobriety walk was completely free and open to whoever wished to show their support. Today we're just trying to get out in the community and let people know that we're here and we're not going anywhere. You know there's tons of programs out there for recovery but with Sober Squad you don't have to be anonymous no more. The walk was over 3 miles long and took participants through ears in the community that they felt were the most hard hit by drug and alcohol abuse. The walk was put together by the Sober Squad, a group that was founded in 2017 on the Milax Indian Reservation. Basically there was all these different recovery communities all over the state but nobody was working together and so we coordinated a lot of different things working together with all these different people and coming together as one unit, all of us that are in recovery. The Sober Squad puts on a variety of sober events such as volleyball tournaments, group dinners and more. Just helping build that healthy community for people in recovery to hang out with and to join in. Everyone that walked had a different reason for being there but they all shared the same passion and hope for their cause. We're all coming together and doing it together you know it's a family thing. To let people know that they are not alone and that we're all here as a family. Even though Sober Squad has only been around for a couple of years, they are already growing and spreading the message of recovery across the state. It's given me a whole other purpose in life, giving back to the community, showing them you know that just because I did live a life in addiction I'm not a bad person and the biggest thing is just showing the fellow addicts who are still stuck that they're there as whole. Reporting from Brainerd with this week's Community Spotlight, Rachel Johnson, Lake Lynn News. The Sober Squad has grown to thousands of members across the state and it's open to anyone with an alcohol, drug or any addiction of any kind. If you enjoyed this segment of Lake Lynn News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lake Lynn PBS.