 As much as you may hear a lot about the drug epidemic in our region, you are also beginning to hear more about the effort to combat the issue. Communities against drug addiction held their third annual recovery celebration at Archer Park in Prestonsburg Saturday in recognition of National Recovery Month. Around 100 people attended the event to share and listen to one another's experience in recovery. But most of all, to give hope, hope to the still suffering addict that they too can get clean and sober and recover. We are here very specifically for the recovery community. We want to let them know that Destination Community Church is here for them. As someone that's been through recovery myself, I've been sober for three and a half years from alcohol. I know exactly what a lot of these people are going through and a lot of times they feel like they've been thrown away. The cross that you see behind you, what that is, I basically myself and a few other people went around to some of the people that are in recovery and we just asked them if they had prayer requests. And then we ended up taking them back to the church and some of us ended up praying over those. We're down here today to celebrate recovery and to be praying and standing and offering information for people to get help that's still addicted. I was at it myself and actually any help or anything you can do to better your life is awesome and a plus. Now I spend my life helping other people and I try to give back because I'm alive and healthy and not in jail and I come through it myself. Not only were people there to share their personal pans of recovery, but some were there to simply offer a hand up. We are a grant funded medical clinic. We offer resources as far as eye and dental referral. We help with food, I have clothing referrals, anyone in need. Doesn't matter if you have insurance or not, a lot of people coming out of recovery, this is the services they need. They need the hand up to help get back on their feet again. We're just there to kind of help the community in any way we can. If you are struggling with drug abuse and have questions about getting help, you can call any of the numbers listed on your screen. Reporting from Prestonsburg for EKB News, I'm Shawn Allen.