Recovery Days celebrate sobriety, aim to inspire those struggling with addiction
TORONTO — Almost a year ago, Terance Brouse was struggling to hold on to a month of sobriety, free for the first time in years from a life fuelled by booze and drugs, when he stumbled upon an event called Recovery Day.
The gathering in Toronto was one of many being held across Canada throughout that month of September — the offspring of the inaugural Recovery Day started four years earlier in Vancouver.
This year, more than 30 cities nationwide are presenting their own Recovery Days on various dates during the month, including Fredericton on Friday, Montreal on Saturday and Toronto’s event Sunday, dubbed “Sober in the 6IX.”
Recovery Day, says Brouse, saved his life.