SOS peer support specialists promote recovery; remove barriers; build recovery capital; connect peers with recovery support services; and encourage hope, optimism, and healthy living.  Peer recovery support workers often will assist individuals in removing various barriers such as assisting with employment, housing, educational needs, connections to mental health resources when desired, connections to meetings through multiple pathways, recovery-oriented social network events, activities, and other wellness-related opportunities.  SOS peer support specialists will also provide crisis response and resources to those who may currently be working on reducing their substance use-related harms and building goals that are related to their specific recovery options.

Peer-assisted recovery supports are for people both in recovery from alcohol and other drugs themselves or for family members, friends, and loved ones of those who have been affected by another’s substance use, as well as people who are still actively using substances. 

Peer support specialists are not therapists, counselors, clinicians, clergy, or 12-step sponsors. They occupy a very unique and distinct lane on the recovery highway.

Peer-assisted recovery support in the SOS Recovery Community Centers is provided by trained recovery support staff members,  free of charge.  All SOS peer support specialists have completed a 30-hour peer support services training as well as sixteen hours of ethical considerations in peer-assisted recovery. 

At SOS Recovery Community Organization, you are in recovery if you say you are.