Hear Stories from the Community
Maggie Seldeen
Founder of High Rockies Harm Reduction
Maggie founded High Rockies Harm Reduction to provide evidence-based programming for people who actively use substances and to promote harm reduction practices.
Vanessa Lane
Peer Recovery Coach at Mind Springs Health and Founder of God's Beloved (soon to be known as Rise Up Recovery)
Vanessa is a dynamic community advocate who provides essential support and recovery services. She leads peer support and recovery meetings in Eagle County Jail and facilitates similar activities in Garfield County Jail. In addition, Vanessa works as a peer support specialist, helping individuals referred from various community sources and hospitals to start Suboxone, a medication that helps manage withdrawal symptoms.
Rob Shearon
Executive Director and Founder of RECONNECTED Foundation
Introducing Rob Shearon, a recovery and wellness coach at RECONNECTED Foundation. Rob works to help students in higher education navigate the university setting while building a recovery community in their vicinities. Rob has a passion for combing the outdoors with people’s journeys in recovery. His mission is to help clients realize recovery is both fun and achievable.
Eric Turner
Founder of Rock to Recover
Meet Eric Turner, founder of Rock to Recover as well as a Certified Addiction Technician, a Certified Anger Management Specialist, and the President of Moving Mountains Recovery LLC. Eric struggled with his own addiction, and found solace during recovery playing his guitar which inspired him to found Rock to Recover, its slogan: “making music to fight substance abuse and improve mental health.”
Rock to Recover provides a sober environment that promotes positive mental health while asking attendees to participate in performing musical covers or originals. Participants can use the instruments provided and are also encouraged to bring their own. No musical experience is required, and everybody is welcome (community members in recovery, as well as those who are not).
