We Support Recovery Inc

We Support Recovery is a nonprofit Recovery Community Organization in NW Wisconsin serving Polk, Barron and St. Croix counties.

Why do we do this important work? Bob and Stacy Hilde founded We Support Recovery to support people and families on their road to recovery. We have seen our loved ones struggle with addiction to alcohol and drugs, and we personally knew 4 people who lost their lives to overdose. In his own journey, Bob has been in long-term recovery for 18 years! Recovery allowed Bob to be a great dad and husband, become a business owner, raise two foster boys, and give back to the community. 

Connection & Recovery: We connect people and families in recovery with peer support by providing FREE recovery coaching, hosting monthly sober events and by connecting people to community resources such as treatment, recovery meetings, employment, and housing assistance. In our Community Reintegration Program, our coaches meet with individuals preparing to exit Polk County Jail. Through our recovery text list, we share local recovery events and programs with nearly 200 people in NW WI. 

Exciting New Event in 2024!: We Support Recovery is hosting our 1st annual St. Croix Valley OkSOBERfest on September 28, 2024 (Save the Date!) at Polk County Fairgrounds to provide a healthy, fun, alcohol-free festival for people in recovery, families, and recovery supporters. We will feature great music by Free Fallin - a Tom Petty Tribute Band, Samantha Grimes, Nici Peper, and Web and Jay, with a recovery comic or two! Kids can enjoy a bouncy house village, face painting, balloon animals, and Mr. Bubbles!

Prevention & Harm Reduction: We give out Deterra bags to safely dispose of unused stimulant and opioid medications, and we provide Narcan and training for opioid overdose reversal. We help you save lives!

Collaboration: We partner with recovery community peers, businesses, churches, agencies, counties, and coalitions to tackle barriers to recovery such as housing, transportation, and access to treatment in jail and in the community for substance use and mental health. We are currently partnering with NWW HOPE coalition to create a Sober Bed Dashboard to help individuals and case managers find openings at sober living homes in Western Wisconsin.

Story of Hope: Lora is a dedicated volunteer with We Support Recovery who has helped coordinate or host many events. She is also a client in our recovery coaching program, and has been sober for over 22 months! Lora is celebrating her recent graduation from Polk County Treatment Court on April 5, 2024, and is pursuing an Associate’s Degree in Human Services majoring in Substance Abuse Counseling. For hobbies, she enjoys attending sober events, fishing, shopping, rock picking, and tending to her house plants. 

Lora appreciates the help from her recovery coach Sharon Foss, sharing, “Sharon has always been available to me through any struggles… I have been able to achieve some of my most important goals with her help, like housing! She is always encouraging, meeting with me at least once a week and sometimes more to go hiking.”  

Congratulations on your recovery milestones Lora, and thank you Sharon for the amazing services you provide in our recovery coaching program! 

WE SUPPORT PEOPLE IN RECOVERY. 

We can't do this important work without your help.

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