Lifetime Achievement Award

In celebration of Recovery Month, RecoveryPeople annually recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions towards supporting recovery from substance use and related mental health challenges.

Lifetime Achievement is awarded to an individual in recognition of their life’s work promoting recovery from substance use and related mental health challenges. The award recipient must:

  1. Publicly self identify as a person in recovery from substance use or co-occurring issues and/or an affected family member in recovery; AND
  2. Demonstrate accomplishments that reflect RecoveryPeople's mission, vision, and values.

2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

By Lisa Carter | September 26, 2025 | Comments Off on 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Press Release: RecoveryPeople Honors Cynthia Humphrey with 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award Celebrating Four Decades of Advocacy, Leadership, and Recovery RecoveryPeople is honored to present Cynthia Humphrey with the 2025 Lifetime…

2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

By Lisa Carter | December 5, 2024 | Comments Off on 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

PRESS RELEASE Joe Powell receives RecoveryPeople’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award In recognition of his life’s work promoting recovery, RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Joe Powell as our 2024 Lifetime Achievement…

Dr. Lori Holleran Steiker

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award

By Lisa Carter | September 25, 2023 | Comments Off on 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award

PRESS RELEASE Dr. Lori Holleran Steiker receives RecoveryPeople’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award In recognition of her life’s work promoting recovery, RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Dr. Lori Holleran Steiker as…

RecoveryPeople presents our 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

By Jason Howell | June 20, 2023 | Comments Off on RecoveryPeople presents our 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

By Jason Howell | September 27, 2022 | Comments Off on 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award

PRESS RELEASE Kathie Hamman receives RecoveryPeople’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award In recognition of her life’s work promoting recovery, RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Kathie Hamman as the recipient of our…

2021 Lifetime Achievement Award

By Jason Howell | September 29, 2021 | Comments Off on 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award

PRESS RELEASE Dillon West Receives RecoveryPeople’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award In recognition of his life’s work in the recovery movement, RecoveryPeople is excited to announce Dillon West as the recipient…