Addiction Awareness Across America

Alcoholism and Drug addiction is a three-fold disease of the mind, body and spirit. This trip will be a testament to all three.

I am an alcoholic and drug addict, and my name is Brian Mincher. It was never my choice to have this disease, just like millions of other Americans. Unfortunately there is still stigma's attached to addiction, that hopefully this will help combat. I first started getting help, when I was honest with my alcoholism in 2016. I was not a first time winner, as they say. I am not doing this trip to get sober, I am already in recovery and work a spiritual program of action from the moment I wake up. I follow the most well-known and successful 12-step program that has principles I follow to my upmost ability everyday!

This journey is to help raise awareness of the tremendous problem of addiction, combat the stigma's associated with the disease, and help those suffering get the treatment they deserve. An estimated 20 million Americans suffer from Substance Use Disorder, the only disease that has to be self-diagnosed in order to receive help and get treatment. There is no cure, only certain things that can be done to go about a change that is needed in the three areas affected, mind, body and spirit. Often times desperation, specific legal incidents, or "rock bottom" leads people to recognize this. But for many, they never get to that point. in 2020 it is estimated that close to 200k people died from Overdose or Alcohol related incidents. Many of these people not over the age of 30. This can be fixed, and with the help of many of you, it will.

I will be walking from Kensington Ave, Philadelphia, one of the most profound places of hopelessness you will see in the US, and also an open air drug market. To Santa Monica, California, passing through an area known as Skid Row, another example of what people in addiction endure.

Please, please, please donate towards "Addiction Awareness Across America" and let's help make a change as I trudge my way across the country! I know my goal is high, but it definitely can be done with everyone's help. I am calling on all family, friend's, actors, musicians, anyone who is in recovery themselves, or anyone who has ever been affected by this horrific disease.

The initial funding will help assist with costs associated with the trip such as gear, equipment, food and places to stay. I will be sleeping in a tent as well as hotels along the way. The remaining amount will be the initial round of funding for the non-profit Addiction Awareness Across America. The paperwork is in the works.

The non-profit will specifically focus on getting people into treatment, offering awareness about the disease and to the different 12-step and spiritual based solutions for alcoholism and drug addiction, and help provide for sober living after initial treatment has concluded.

If you have any questions please contact me! Also a website will soon be available with video and more testimony of who I am and what the mission is! I will be providing updates along the way, and I thank every single one of you for your support in anyway possible! Godspeed!