“I LOVE THIS MEETING. IT’S THE BEST PART OF MY WEEK,” a participant confessed at a Peer Empowered Recovery Community Solutions (PERCS) All Recovery Meeting. Ten people filled the basement of the Salida United Methodist Church on a Monday evening in June. Andy Panter, co-founder and organizer of the All Recovery Meeting and a PERCS Peer Recovery Coach, introduced himself and quickly set the tone: “This meeting is a safe place that honors all pathways to recovery and is not associated with Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous or any established group or method. If what someone says is triggering, say the ...
