Thanks to Sarah O’Brien and Pat Cronin, amazing recovery professionals at Ark Behavioral Health, for having me on their Facebook Live Event! I really enjoyed sharing the hope that recovery is always possible with families facing the challenges of addiction. If you missed the Facebook Live Event you can watch […]

Dear Friends- My blog site, Front Porch Thoughts, is featured this week on MomPower. org., which is dedicated to educating and empowering moms with addicted children. I am so grateful to Sandy Swenson, advocate, author and founder of  MomPower.org,  for inviting me to be part of this national initiative’s 10- member MomPower Team. Especially during the […]

Thank you to MomPower.org for featuring Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess on their website this week! I am so grateful to be invited to serve on this national initiative’s 10 -member MomPower Team. MomPower.org is an amazing  resource with a mission to empower mothers “to change the dynamics of the place where love […]

INSIGHT RETREATS – October 24 – 27 2019with Grace McLaren on Marco Island, Fl. We (C)are Here – Facing The Opioid Facts TogetherNovember 6, 2019 NCADD Westchester 17th Annual Luncheon November 1, 2019 Contact Nancy For information and guidance for help and resources for you or your loved one please email: […]

I’m so happy to share that our book, Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess Is Our Message, has received an award from the Catholic Press Association in the “Healing Book” Category.  The Catholic Press Association has been uniting and serving the Catholic press for over a hundred years. The awards celebrate […]

Nancy McCann Vericker is the co-author with her son, JP, of their book, Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess Is Our Message.  It’s the true story of JP’s descent into opioid and alcohol addiction, homelessness, violence and now long-term recovery as a co-founder of a Massachusetts treatment program.  Their book recounts how […]

So thankful for the opportunity to share our family’s story of generational recovery at the NCADD Gratitude Breakfast!  Contact Nancy For information and guidance for help and resources for you or your loved one please email: info@nancyvericker.com

BY CHRIS GOSIER ON JANUARY 25, 2019 on Fordham Newshttps://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/coming-back-from-addiction After five difficult years, Nancy and Joe Vericker saw their son restored to health when he overcame his potentially lethal addiction to alcohol and opiods. But first, they had to make an agonizing choice. Above: Nancy and J.P. Vericker. Photo by Joe […]

Nancy was a guest presenter at the Breaking the Chains of Addiction: The Role of Catholic Parishes in Supporting Recovery symposium sponsored by the Pastoral Care Department of the Diocese of Trenton. The Role of Catholic Parishes Supporting Recovery – This Addictions Symposium featured speakers and information regarding the opioid epidemic […]

Nancy and JP were guests on Conversation with Cardinal Dolan Radio/TV show on Tuesday, October 2 to discuss their book “Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess Is Our Message”