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This book examines the fast growing Inclusive Recovery Cities (IRC) movement, offering a practical framework for embedding addiction recovery within communities. By shifting focus from individual pathology to Community Recovery Capital, it shows how connection with peers, meaningful activities and a sense of community can drive sustainable, lasting recovery.
Tracing IRC development across the UK, Belgium, Sweden and beyond, the book demonstrates how community led initiatives can reduce stigma, improve public health outcomes and strengthen recovery oriented systems of care. Featuring evidence-based examples, it equips practitioners and policymakers with actionable insights for building inclusive environments where recovery can flourish.
1. Understanding Addiction and Recovery
2. What is Recovery Capital?
3. Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care and Recovery Ecosystems
4. Community Based Approaches to Recovery
5. The Emergence of the Inclusive Recovery Cities
6. Middlesbrough: The first IRC in the UK
7. An ‘Outside In’ Model: Growing Recovery from Communities to Individuals
8. The Growth of IRC across International Boundaries
9. The Spread of IRC and the Challenges Faced
10. Case Studies and the Contagion of Hope: How the IRC Model has been Implemented across UK Cities
11. Evidencing the Impact of the IRC: Collective Efficacy and Community Connections
12. Future Directions and Conclusions