Use person-first language
Talk about people, not labels. Language should preserve dignity, hope and possibility.
#SwipeOutStigma
People are more than substances and their pasts
Swipe Out Stigma challenges language and assumptions that isolate people. Recovery is real, personal and part of everyday community life.
Three practical actions
Change starts with how we speak and act
Listen to lived experience
Make space for people to define their own stories and the support that works for them.
Make recovery visible
Share hopeful, consent-led stories and create environments where recovery belongs.
In their own words
“People are so much more than their substances and their pasts.”
Recovery Cymru promotes hope, connection, identity, meaning and empowerment.