Tom Coderre

In the five decades since Operation Understanding, the United States has seen the creation of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the expansion of Employee Assistance Programs, and the development of evidence-based addiction treatment at scale. Each of these advances traces its roots, in part, to the courage of 52 people who stood on a stage in 1976.

Learn more about Operation Understanding at https://www.recovery2026.org/.

Day 44: The men of the 52 demonstrated that seeking help was an act of strength, directly challenging the "silent" stoicism expected of men in the mid-century. Learn more: https://www.recovery2026.org/