Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the overdose and addiction crisis has reached a new boiling point in Washington and nationally. The Washington Recovery Alliance is hosting an important conversation and film screening of “Tipping the Pain Scale”, highlighting innovative solutions and change agents in the addiction and recovery world making a difference across the country.

Tipping The Pain Scale follows individuals grappling with the current systemic failures of how we have dealt with addiction in communities and their journey to develop and employ new, innovative, and often controversial solutions to the problem. 

The film features Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, NFL Pro Bowl Player Darren Waller, Spoken Word Artist and Educator Joseph Green, Washington State Representative Lauren Davis, Community Outreach Volunteer Roz Pichardo, Boston Police Officer Josh De La Rosa, and an original score from Grammy award-winner, Brendan Berry, as well as featuring music from Sia.

Washington Recovery Alliance will be holding this Recovery-Month-themed screening at Seattle’s historic Egyptian Theater in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The event will include community resource tables (including one hosted by the Northwest ATTC, a co-sponsor of this event), local dignitaries (Rep. Lauren Davis, Ricky Garcia and Ricky’s mother, from Ricky’s Law) who are featured in the film joining us for a Panel Discussion/Q&A directly following the screening, and the opportunity to connect with your recovery community.

Tickets are $10.