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A Vision of Hope Media

Keynote Speaker on Recovery, Reentry & Identity

Andrew Drasen speaks from lived experience — addiction, incarceration, and the long climb back — to help audiences rethink recovery, reentry, and drug policy.

Lived Experience, Not Theory

I spent nearly two decades cycling through addiction, eight treatment programs, and incarceration before I found a way out that actually held. I wrote my memoir five minutes before walking out of prison, founded A Vision of Hope Media, and built the ReturnPath curriculum so the next person does not have to learn all of it the hard way.

When I speak, I do not hand audiences a sanitized recovery story. I give them the truth about what addiction, relapse, and reentry actually feel like — and the identity-based framework that helps people rebuild. Whether the room is full of clinicians, justice-impacted individuals, students, or policymakers, the goal is the same: leave people with hope they can act on.

What Andrew Speaks On

  • Identity-Based Recovery

    Why lasting recovery is about who you are becoming — not just the behavior you are stopping — and how to help people rebuild identity after addiction.

  • Reentry & Second Chances

    The hidden sentence after release, the overdose window we keep wasting, and what real reintegration requires from programs and communities.

  • Drug Policy From Lived Experience

    A grounded case for harm reduction, regulation, and a public-health approach — from someone who lived every layer of the current system.

  • Setbacks, Relapse & Growth

    Why growth often looks like failure, how to reframe setbacks, and what keeps people moving when progress is not linear.

Who It's For

  • Conferences & Keynotes

    Behavioral health, addiction, recovery, and criminal-justice conferences.

  • Treatment Centers

    Inpatient, outpatient, IOP, PHP, and aftercare program audiences.

  • Reentry Programs

    Justice-impacted individuals, reentry cohorts, and the staff who serve them.

  • Universities & Schools

    Students, at-risk youth, and academic programs in social work and public health.

  • Corporate & Community Wellness

    Workforce wellness, faith communities, and civic organizations.

  • Book Clubs & Libraries

    Author talks and Q&A built around the A Vision of Hope trilogy.

Featured Appearances

Hear Andrew

No reel yet — but you can hear Andrew in long-form conversation on dozens of podcast episodes, and read press coverage of his work.

Podcast appearances → Media & press →

What Reviewers Say

  • A gritty, often poignant chronicle…a powerful account of addiction and incarceration in 21st-century America.

    — Kirkus Reviews

  • Andrew Drasen goes beyond a typical recovery memoir, looking back on his long fight with addiction and what it really took to find sobriety.

    — IndieReader

Book Andrew to Speak

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Contact for Speaking Explore ReturnPath

Or reach out directly: info@avisionofhopebook.com · (262) 383-1761