Recovery Community Network

Founded in 2014, the Recovery Community Network
(RCN) is a nonprofit, grassroots Recovery Community Organization dedicated to mobilizing resources within and outside of the recovery community to increase the prevalence of and access to recovery from substance use disorders.

Our Support

Connection is the key

We look to collaborate with members, partners and allies of the recovery community to broaden recovery resources in Central MN through peer-to-peer support services, housing assistance, public education, and advocacy. We seek to complete not compete with treatment options and services.

Our Board

Service above self

The RCN Board consists of 7 volunteers. We represent people from within the recovery community, the veteran community and allies of recovery. 85% of our board are people who have a lived experience with recovery. 57% are veterans. 15% are women.

Meetings at the RCN

Meetings held at the RCN

1) Spanish Speaking A.A. Meeting
Mondays @ 7:30 pm
2) Sober Squad Meeting
Tuesdays @ 7pm
3) Vets Zoom Recovery Meeting
Wednesdays @ Noon
4) RCN Monthly Providers Meeting
3rd Wed of month @ 3:30pm
5) Wed Open A.A. Meeting
Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm
6) Support Squad Meeting
1st and 3rd Wed of Month
(Support for friends and family)
@ 7pm
7) Sober Squad Meeting
Thursdays @ 7pm
8) Afternoon All Recovery Group
Fridays @ 1pm
9) Midtown A.A. Meeting
Saturdays @ 7pm

Our Veterans

Serving those who have served...

The RCN is passionate about assisting veterans in recovery. 57% of our board members are veterans in recovery and 45% of our staff are veterans in recovery. We hold a special charge to assist anyone in the veteran community who may be living with or seeking help with a substance use disorder.

We seek to provide services to our veterans and their family members through peer-to-peer services and collaboration with other veteran agencies. Through a grant from the State of Minnesota we have dedicated staff-members who provide services to those who have served.

We also hold a weekly in-person and online meeting for veterans in recovery. The meeting is entitled: Veterans Experience, Strength and Hope and it meets every Wednesday at noon.

Additionally, once a year during National Recovery Month, we bestow the Chief Master Sergeant Russ Habighorst Humanitarian Award upon one veteran in recovery who has been instrumental in spreading the message that recovery is possible!

The RCN hosts a monthly meeting for the Recovery Community. The meeting seeks to strengthen partnerships with members, allies and friends of the recovery community. We are open to anyone who aligns with the recovery movement. We seek to complete not compete with recovery options and services. We wish to build recovery capitol and augment other recovery services in the Central MN area.

What We Do

Our staff with lived experience in recovery:
• Provides services that are free-of-charge;
• Promotes recovery through peer to peer services;
• Utilizes multiple pathways to recovery including harm reduction;
• Is practiced in motivational interviewing and a peer-based model of help;
• Provides specific services to our veteran community;
• Provides housing assistance to the recovery community;
• Decreases stigma and increases recovery options.