Walk with(Rebel)
Help Rebel Recovery rebuild in the one center it has left. Goal: $20,000 by October 8.
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We love you.
Rebel Recovery is a peer-led nonprofit in Florida. Everything it offers is free, and nobody has to be "ready" first.
Their belief is simple: every person who uses drugs deserves safety, dignity and someone in their corner, at whatever pace their life allows.
the needin three numbers
Americans die of overdose every day.
CDC/NCHS, 12 months ending April 2026 [1]Americans who need substance use treatment don't receive it.
SAMHSA, 2024 survey [3]people with opioid use disorder receive medication for it.
Jones et al., JAMA Netw Open 2023 [4]How most people picture recovery
How it actually goes, and where Rebel Recovery stands
Recovery doesn't look the same for everyone. It is rarely one leap. Rebel Recovery meets people on whichever step they're standing on.
what they doand what the research says
Five services, all free. Each one is backed by published evidence.
Naloxone distribution
96–98%of people survive an overdose when a bystander gives naloxone. Community overdose deaths fell 25–46% after naloxone programs started.
Fischer et al., BMC Public Health 2025 [7]Syringe services
58%lower HIV risk. In one Seattle study, new users of a syringe program were 5× more likely to enter treatment.
Aspinall et al., 2014 [12] · Hagan et al., 2000 [13]Peer recovery support
peersLinked to less relapse, better treatment retention, greater housing stability, and fewer emergency visits and rehospitalizations.
Reif et al., 2014 [10] · Bassuk et al., 2016 [11]Case management
linksImproves retention in treatment and linkage to services.
Vanderplasschen et al., Front Psychiatry 2019 [9]Linkage to treatment
½The treatment Rebel Recovery connects people to halves the death rate for people with opioid use disorder while they are in it.
Santo et al., JAMA Psychiatry 2021 [8]campaignshow to help right now
Walk With Rebel raises money for Rebel Recovery one campaign at a time. Each campaign funds one project and has its own page.
open now · ends oct 8
No One Walks Alone
Rebel Recovery lost most of its funding this year. Volunteers are renovating the one center still standing. Goal: $20,000.
next
To be announced
The next campaign will appear here when it opens.
evidencethe report and sources
Every number on this site comes from a published source. The full report lists each one.
higher HIV risk for people who inject drugs.
UNAIDS 2024 (global estimate) [5]more likely to get a serious invasive infection.
Jackson et al., MMWR 2018 [6]in lifetime care saved for each HIV infection prevented.
Bingham et al., 2021 [15]All sources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts. Vital Statistics Rapid Release, 12 months ending April 2026 (66,937 deaths). Accessed October 1, 2026.
- Bradley H, Glick SN, Hall EW. Estimated number of people who inject drugs in the United States, 2022. Am J Public Health. 2026;116(3):376–379.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. July 2025.
- Jones CM, Han B, Baldwin GT, Einstein EB, Compton WM. Use of medication for opioid use disorder among adults with past-year opioid use disorder in the US, 2021. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(8):e2327488.
- UNAIDS. 2024 Global AIDS Update: People Who Inject Drugs. 2024.
- Jackson KA, Bohm MK, Brooks JT, et al. Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons who inject drugs — six sites, 2005–2016. MMWR. 2018;67(22):625–628.
- Fischer LS, Asher A, Stein R, et al. Effectiveness of naloxone distribution in community settings to reduce opioid overdose deaths among people who use drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2025;25:1135.
- Santo T Jr, Clark B, Hickman M, et al. Association of opioid agonist treatment with all-cause mortality and specific causes of death among people with opioid dependence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(9):979–993.
- Vanderplasschen W, Rapp RC, De Maeyer J, Van Den Noortgate W. A meta-analysis of the efficacy of case management for substance use disorders: a recovery perspective. Front Psychiatry. 2019;10:186.
- Reif S, Braude L, Lyman DR, et al. Peer recovery support for individuals with substance use disorders: assessing the evidence. Psychiatr Serv. 2014;65(7):853–861.
- Bassuk EL, Hanson J, Greene RN, Richard M, Laudet A. Peer-delivered recovery support services for addictions in the United States: a systematic review. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2016;63:1–9.
- Aspinall EJ, Nambiar D, Goldberg DJ, et al. Are needle and syringe programmes associated with a reduction in HIV transmission among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol. 2014;43(1):235–248.
- Hagan H, McGough JP, Thiede H, Hopkins S, Duchin J, Alexander ER. Reduced injection frequency and increased entry and retention in drug treatment associated with needle-exchange participation in Seattle drug injectors. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2000;19(3):247–252.
- Des Jarlais DC, Feelemyer J, McKnight C, Knudtson K, Glick SN. Is your syringe services program cost-saving to society? A methodological case study. Harm Reduct J. 2021;18:126.
- Bingham A, Shrestha RK, Khurana N, Jacobson EU, Farnham PG. Estimated lifetime HIV-related medical costs in the United States. Sex Transm Dis. 2021;48(4):299–304.
about this sitewho runs it
Walk With Rebel is run by volunteers. It is not Rebel Recovery's own website. We build the campaigns and tell the story so their team can keep doing the work.
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Donations go to the current campaign, No One Walks Alone, and from there to Rebel Recovery Florida Inc.