www.amirf.org
The U.S. is experiencing a heroin pandemic. Half of all heroin addicts die!
Drawing on personal experience, Tim Ryan was inspired to launch A Man in Recovery, whose mission is to save the lives of opiate addicts first, then provide new alternatives to keep addicts from relapsing.
Sentenced to seven years in prison, Tim Ryan got clean and sober behind bars. However, “life on the outside” wasn’t working in his favor. Tim was released from prison after just 14 months, yet his time there was enough to convince him to adopt a strong 12-step recovery program. But six months later, his 20-year-old son Nick died tragically from a heroin overdose. Attempting to get beyond the devastation and heartbreak, Tim used Nick’s death as the inspiration to spread a message of hope and recovery to others.
AMIR serves addicts and those whose lives they touch in new and effective ways.
See Dope Man on A&E (www.aetv.com/specials/dope-man), aired on July 31, 2017.
“Dope Man follows Tim Ryan, an ex-con and former addict … who lost his son to heroin and nearly died from it himself.” “Tim’s unforgiving in-your-face approach, as well as his commitment to placing people into meaningful long-term treatment, has singled him out nationally … as one of the most effective experts in his field”
See Tim’s passionate TEDxNaperville 2016 presentation titled the Heroin Denial Epidemic here – http://www.tedxnaperville.com/talks/tim-ryan/
To find out more about A Man in Recovery and how you can help support the cause to save the lives of those of your friends and family and community members addicted to heroin and others at risk of becoming exposed to its use, visit www.amirf.org
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Thank you Tim for the benefit of your character and tenacity as a leader in this cause. Thank you Arthur Zards and the TEDxNaperville team for helping to introduce Tim to the wider community. #youkickassmyfriend s
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