Dream Chasers: The Fit to Recover Story | Addiction Recovery Documentary
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- Опубліковано 14 гру 2021
- In 2015, Ian Acker founded Fit To Recover, a recovery community and nonprofit that helps people in sobriety connect through fitness, nutrition, creative arts and community service. What began with a Facebook post and a boombox has become a thriving recovery community in Salt Lake City, Utah. Inspired by Ian’s own recovery, the Fit To Recover gym has served more than 5,000 recovering addicts seeking community and connection after treatment.
‘Dream Chasers: The Fit to Recover Story’ chronicles the origin of the FTR gym and highlights their four pillar approach. Documenting the lives of five individuals empowered by Fit To Recover’s programming, the film tells a tale of community, acceptance, and resilience. It follows members along their recovery journeys as they discover their passions and find their identity outside of addiction through cooking classes, music therapy, service projects, sports and exercise.
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Directed by: Austin Heywood
Produced by: Lexi Kaili, Ian Acker, Vachel Kraklow, Sam Wellman
Edited by: Austin Heywood
Additional Editing by: Ryland Shaw, Lexi Kaili, Katie Beacom
Presented by Mark Miller Subaru
A film by Sorenson Impact Center
www.sorensonimpact.com/
www.fit2recover.org/
I'm a substance use disorder counselor, and I show this video to all of my clients to help them conceptualize what a sober community can look like. Thank you for this
Congrats to everyone at FTR for making this incredible dream a reality. We're so grateful for everything you do for the recovery community here in Utah. Thanks for allowing us to participate in the dream.
This has been the safest place in the world for me in my recovery. Love this and everyone who is part of FTR.
Here in Minnesota and miss FTR. I will be opening an FYR here
I’m trying to get back from relapsing after 15 years!! Not easy especially as I’m so much older, everything aches. I need this approach so badly! Great work guys, saving lives in a way that is sustainable. It’s easy when giving up drugs to blast the sugar, flop around in lethargy and post-acute withdrawals, and end up in depression which makes staying clean so damn hard. This looks great. Xxx God Bless all the Addicts and those who suffer with them. Xx ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just saw this docu and read your comment. I hope you will find your way to recovery soon.. Every day is a new one to go for your dreams. Think about how awesome recovery was and take little steps to come back. You know you can do it, you've done it before. You are so worth putting in the work.. and yes it takes work and effort but you'll feel so much better and healthier and tuned into life. Show up for yourself and go for it !! I'm rooting for you all the way from Holland xxx Juliette
Keep working the program, best of luck! ❤
Congrats Ian Acker on the journey that you've gone through and all of the people that you've impacted in such a positive way. What a movement and community you've helped to create. Proud of you man! Keep up the good work.
Unbelievable I love it. Can’t wait to find my way back I miss everything and everyone. This place is a blessing undercover.
This is an incredible documentary. Im so very proud of all of you, but especially Ian. I met him when FTR was an idea, the seed of a great project. I’m humbled to see how much people get to be part of that great community. You need to have a huge heart and greatest conviction to do what you guys do. Ian, from the deepest of my heart, Congrats.
This is incredible, good job guys! Keep it up!
The first female, her words resonated with me. I'm so glad to be in recovery, very grateful ❤
This is truth im so thankful to be alive today .Im 3 months sober . Thank god
This seems like an awesome support, love it!
We need one in Sacramento!!
What a fabulous concept.😮😊
I'm late to seeing this - just showed up in my feed. What an excellent piece! Someone said during this video about "having a purpose." I couldn't agree more. I think the hardest part of recovery is the time after you detox and you're left with limited support and have to face the real world sober. I appreciate the fitness portion of this program, but I REALLY appreciate the creative part of it. I can't tell you how important visual arts/music/performing arts is to the recovery process (at least for me). It helps to create focus and to deal with negative thoughts. Thanks for the work you are doing. I really hope this becomes a widespread practice. I feel that recovery is really stunted by the way addiction and recovery has been handled and is still being handled today.
Exercise helps a lot and works off a lot of stress
Amazing contribution to the recovery community!
That lady who lost all that weight,should be so proud.They all should be!
Beautiful job! This film is so beautifully done. I really appreciate hearing the individual stories and learning about the amazing support Fit To Recovery provides. Keep up the amazing work!
Yes, I wish there was an FTR near me. But I’m motivated and I’m gonna get back to my running and working out and staying focus. Thanks for sharing guys.
I loved it so much and i miss you guys alot your all so beautiful and safe this is Trisha T. from Millcreek
Safest place in the world for me. Loved this!
My dream would be to have, even just a semblance, of this where I live. I know the community, and it's severely lacking in mental health help, things to do, addiction treatment and carries A LOT of stigma surrounding the two topics.
Here, too, we are high in suicide rates.
This would change my city... And I want to be a part of making it happen.
Wish me luck. - the dreaming addict.
Love it! Great job!!
Thank you for sharing your stories of your lifes.I really enjoyed watching this video.
The 9:22 fitness chapter... I needed that
Yes I know I have been sober and drug free Oct 9th 1998 it's amazing of how you feel an d be free. Get out anytime or do anything you want to do in life. I went through AA it's God driven . You all can be Acholol and drug free but you have to be ready always. Be ready to be completely Honest, but not perfect AA will work . My Jesus walks with me everyday.
Wow, this is great! Is there anything like this in Southern California? 🙂
Do we have something like this in Texas?
Look up Recovery in Motion. They came and learned from us. Keep up the good work!!!
@@FitToRecover Thank you 😊 so much