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Young Adults in Los Angeles Need More Than a Short Recovery Window

I got sober in 1988 at the age of 19, close to death. Legally I was an adult. In almost […]

Los Angeles' 2026 Unhoused Count Reveals a System in Transition

In a recent article, David van der Velde explores what Los Angeles County's 2026 Unhoused Count really reveals beyond the […]

David van der Velde: Recovery-Supportive Housing Should Be a Real Choice

In a recent article, David van der Velde explores San Francisco's new ordinance prioritizing drug-free rules in city-funded permanent supportive […]

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Awakening Founder: Fewer Overdose Deaths Is Great. Now We Need a Holistic Recovery Strategy.

In a recent article he posted to LinkedIn, David van der Velde explores why Los Angeles County's encouraging decline in […]

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David Van der Velde: The Court Can Open the Door. Recovery Still Requires Readiness.

In a recent article he posted on LinkedIn, Awakening Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde explores why court-mandated […]

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Awakening Recovery Founder: We Need to Change Our Response to Fentanyl and Meth

David van der Velde reflects on Sam Quinones' recent piece about Los Angeles, using it to argue that the city's […]

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Family Repair Is Not a Side Effect of Recovery. It Is Part of the Work.

David van der Velde recently published an article that shared his observations on the healing that happens within families during […]

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David Van Der Velde Discusses Spirituality and its Relationship to Treatment

In a recent post on LinkedIn, Awakening Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde makes a clear distinction: spirituality […]

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Awakening Founder on the End of Isolation in Recovery

In a recent article David van der Velde explores why relationships with others matter as much as clinical care in […]

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David van der Velde: The Recovery Gap No One Is Funding

Awakening Recovery's Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article arguing that addiction policy has gotten better […]

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Lower Teen Drinking is Progress But Not the Whole Story says Awakening Founder

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article about recent reports that teenagers are […]

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David van der Velde: The AI Transition Is More Than a Skills Gap

Awakening's Co-Founder and Executive Director David van der Velde has written a new article arguing that the national conversation about […]

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