Hope Fiend Recovery was created from a simple idea: people affected by substance use disorder deserve recovery services that are practical, evidence-informed, respectful, and grounded in the realities of addiction.
The name Hope Fiend is intentional.
For generations, the word fiend has been used to stigmatize people struggling with addiction. Hope Fiend Recovery takes that language and changes the direction of it — from being consumed by a substance to becoming relentless about recovery, purpose, connection, and building a life worth protecting.
From addiction to purpose.
Hope Fiend Recovery has a particular interest in opioid use disorder and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).
Opioid addiction presents unique challenges. Physical dependence, withdrawal, craving, overdose risk, treatment access, medication stigma, and continuity of care can dramatically affect whether someone remains engaged in recovery.
At the same time, people receiving medications such as buprenorphine or methadone can still encounter stigma — sometimes even within recovery environments that are supposed to support them.
Hope Fiend Recovery supports a broader understanding of recovery: one that recognizes evidence-based treatment, individual recovery pathways, and the importance of helping people build stability, connection, recovery capital, and purpose.
Medication does not disqualify someone from recovery.
Recovery should be measured by the life a person is building — not by whether their pathway looks exactly like someone else's.
Hope Fiend Recovery was founded by James Messenger, a recovery professional whose work has included peer recovery support, working with hospitals to create peer recovery programs, community outreach, multidisciplinary collaboration, Medication Assisted Treatment education, recovery navigation, and the development of peer-focused services.
His approach combines lived experience with practical experience working alongside individuals, treatment providers, healthcare organizations, community agencies, and other professionals serving people affected by substance use disorder.
That combination drives the philosophy behind Hope Fiend Recovery:
Recovery programs work best when evidence, professional expertise, and lived experience are allowed to inform one another.
Whether Hope Fiend Recovery is helping an organization strengthen a program, or addressing barriers surrounding opioid use disorder and medication-based recovery, the objective is the same:
Create recovery resources and systems that work better for the people who actually have to use them.
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