Resources & Links

Brett Lovins is dedicated to sharing valuable insights about Recovery Friendly Workplaces as widely as possible. Whether or not you partner with us, we want you to have access to these resources.

What sets us apart is Brett’s lived and execution experience at Cisco Systems. He can help companies move faster and see real results.

He’d love to connect and explore how he can support your efforts, build momentum, and drive meaningful change. But the work comes first. If these resources help and you use them on your own, we applaud and encourage you just the same.

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Recovery Friendly Workplace Video (11 min) - This is the best summary video of the why, what, and how of Recovery Friendly Workplaces we’ve ever seen. Every HR professional should watch this. It is fun and entertaining—heck, it has puppets! Hats off to our friend Sean Daniels for creating this fantastic video.

Washington Recovery Alliance - building the capacity of the recovery community to advance substance use recovery and mental health wellness by catalyzing public understanding and shaping public policy in Washington State. Brett is a Recovery Friendly Workplace SME for the organization.

Recovery-Ready Workplace Toolkit - providing information, tools, and resources to help employers from all sectors: government, for-profit, non-profit, and not-for-profit to effectively prevent and respond to substance misuse in the workforce and reduce its impact on employers and the broader community. From the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Domestic Policy Council, and 12 federal departments and independent agencies.

(2022) Data on SUD in the US -  from SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration).

Addiction 101 - it’s not a moral failing—it’s a treatable illness. Get the facts about this misunderstood medical condition from our friends at Shatterproof.

Understand Substance Use Disorders and Stigma (1 hour video) - learn about the brain science behind substance use disorders and how to address stigma with Dr. Brian Fuehrlein MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and the Director of the Psychiatric Emergency Room at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. 

Employer Cost Calculator - The National Safety Council has collaborated with an independent research institution, NORC at the University of Chicago, to update "The Real Cost of Substance Use to Employers" tool, originally developed in 2017 with national nonprofit Shatterproof. Spoiler alert - each employee in recovery saves the company $8500 per year.