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Central Valley Teen Challenge: Organizers of the PRO-ACT Philadelphia Recovery Walk hope to match the record 25, people who came out last year to demonstrate that people can — and do — recover from drug addiction. The heroin epidemic sweeping the United States has generated considerable attention from public officials, the media and, most certainly, families with loved ones battling addiction.

More than people in Philadelphia died from a heroin overdose last year, a staggering increase from the overdose deaths in The horrors of addiction and its tight grip often dominate portrayals of the disease. But Recovery Walk participants want those battling drug addiction to know that recovery is indeed possible.

This disease has a very high proportion of having people successfully do that. Some men and women in long-term recovery — a period of at least 10 years — will lead the walkers out of the Great Plaza at Columbus Boulevard and Chestnut Street on Penn's Landing at 9 a.

After crossing the overpass above I, the group, known as the "Honor Guard," will separate and cheer everyone as they pass. In leading the walk, they're able to really lead the way for others. The marchers' passing by Independence Hall and the Constitution Center are particularly symbolic, given the stigmas and discrimination people with addiction can face, Haberle said.

It's time for us to make sure that message is changed. When you're in the height of stigma and discrimination, people don't get help early. That's what needs to happen if we're going to turn around this epidemic that we're facing.

The Recovery Walk began in with participants. Nearly all of them were people in recovery. Fifteen years later, the event now includes people out to support friends and family members in recovery. It also includes people who have lost loved ones to addiction. It cuts across the whole realm of society. John Kopp PhillyVoice Staff.