The Consortium on Addiction Recovery Science (CoARS) held a two-day conference on addiction recovery science on 24th and 25th April 2024. This conference was held with cooperation of NIDA. Professor White who has dedicated his life to addiction recovery concludes that people in recovery have a key role in shaping the why, what, and how of recovery research and in shaping study conclusions, dissemination venues, and the language through which study implications are publicly communicated.
In his speech, Prof. L. White states that a now passed and aging generation of recovery advocates dared dream of a science of addiction recovery. We envisioned and worked for years towards a day when research scientists from diverse backgrounds would be called to pursue a well-funded recovery research frontier. Today with the opening of this event, our hearts are soaring. The degree to which our dreams will be fulfilled is in the hands of those of you here today.