About
Peer-based services for people seeking addiction recovery.
About – Equal Srq
Equal SRQ Recovery provides the support and guidance needed to navigate addiction recovery.
We help adults find and maintain a recovery identity through peer mentorship,
peer facilitated groups, a recovery community center, recovery events, and a leadership development program.
OUR VISION
EqualSRQ envisions a future where systems, communities, and individuals work together to ensure all people can access the resources necessary to find sustained recovery from alcohol and substances.
OUR MISSION
To provide–in partnership with systems, communities, and individuals–a variety of recovery support services to adults in recovery.
PARTICIPANT VALUES & RIGHTS
- Adults seeking recovery have specialized needs and therefore require specific recovery services that are sensitive to race, culture, and gender identity.
- Substance use disorder does not discriminate and neither should systems, communities, or individuals that support recovery. Recovery support should be on demand and available to everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, or the ability to pay for treatment.
- Each person’s recovery journey is unique and they are the experts in their own life. All pathways to recovery are equally valid, including harm reduction and medication-assisted treatment.
- Peer services are as vital as clinical services. Working together is the best way to ensure successful, longterm recovery.
- Stigma is a major barrier in helping people recover. Substance use disorder is a disease–not a moral failing.
Collaborations
- EqualSRQ collaborates with public and private organizations involved with people with substance use disorders.
- We work with DMV Court of Sarasota, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Floridians for Recovery, Peer Support Coalition of Florida, LIVE Tampa Bay, we also collaborate with the Florida Harm Reduction Collective, Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Sunshine Peer Network, Purpose House Transitional Living Homes and many other recovery organizations.
- We are looking to further broaden our collaborations with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department , SAMHSA, Salvation Army Center Of Hope, Local Healthcare Providers, Mental Health Agencies, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Legal and Social Service Agencies, Faith-Based Organizations, Justice System Entities and Educational Institutions.