 All this month, get up to $50 off any Android smartphone from Appalachian Wireless. Any Android you desire. All $50 off with two-year agreement. Better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless and East Kentucky Network Company. In an effort to raise awareness of the skyrocketing drug overdoses in our area, representatives from the city, judicial system and recovery community all gathered in Preston'sburg Thursday evening in recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day. Although the event was intended to remember those who have died, the event served a dual purpose for some in attendance. I'm on Floyd County Drug Court and we're celebrating people's recovery and we're also remembering people who has overdosed and like my brother, my brother's name is Jason Perry and he overdosed like seven years ago. This has happened to me come down here because it just shows me how close I was to almost ODN and just remembering that helps me to try to get through this. I just want a different life. I'm tired of living that life I was living. Guest speakers at the event spoke on ways to combat the drug overdose epidemic and why it's an issue that is so close to their heart. On October 7th, 2011, my son Sean died from an unintentional overdose. So it's something I have personal feelings about but I also have patients and families and friends that are touched by this and it just hurts to know that there are people out there that don't even know they're dying and they die and we lose so much potential just by not rescuing those folks and giving them an opportunity to work a program recovery and turn their lives around. I meet with our drug court participants every week and they're all much younger than I am and you get close to them and you watch these folks as they develop and as they try and as they fail and as they succeed. It's kind of like your own kids and you know you grow close to them. They love them. In an effort to celebrate people who are in recovery from addiction, September is National Recovery Month. The annual theme is Join the Voices for Recovery, Strengthen Families and Communities. Reporting from Prestonsburg, I'm Sean Allen for EKB News.