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Acknowledgements

The Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault offers sincere appreciation and respect to our member programs in Alaska who daily seek to alleviate and overcome the impact of domestic violence, sexual assault and chemical dependence in our communities. We thank you for your tireless efforts and ongoing commitment to safety, sobriety and wellness.

We offer grateful acknowledgements to the Office of Women’s Health, Region X, and the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, for their financial support of this project and their commitment to women’s health and well-being. We would also like to thank the staff and volunteers of the Alcohol Drug Help Line Domestic Violence Outreach Project in Seattle, WA, for their pioneering work at Residence XII, Catherine Booth House, EDVP, DAWN, and everywhere else they could get their feet in the door throughout Washington, Alaska, Illinois and points around the globe.

Many of the tools provided in this manual were initially developed or inspired by women struggling to get free from violence and addiction. These women shared their experience, strength and hope with each other and with us at New Beginnings for Battered Women and their Children and other support groups in Seattle/Tacoma, WA, and in the Women’s Gender Issues group at Heritage Behavioral Health Center in Decatur, IL. Programs across the United States, including the SISTR Program in Dillingham, AK, and support groups in Anchorage, Palmer, and Bethel, are directly linked to each other through their connection to these early pioneers seeking safety and sobriety.

Special thanks to the women from the New Beginnings Wednesday night support group addressing chemical dependency and domestic violence in Seattle, WA, and their sisters in Springfield, IL, who started it all by sitting down with the authors and allowing us to interview them about their personal experiences. To date, your voices have been heard in 30 states. Special thanks also to the Women in Recovery Caucus (WIRC) of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and to the Steering Committee of the Washington State Coalition on Women’s Substance Abuse Issues.

But most of all, thanks to every woman seeking safety and sobriety who shares her journey to freedom with others, one group at a time. You are our mother, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, cousin, co-worker, neighbor, inspiration, friend.