Danny Ellerd entered a sober-living home unsure how to rebuild his life. In Part II, he shares how accepting help, walking to work, keeping commitments, and becoming house manager taught him to live again—and helped prepare him to support others seeking permanent housing.

William Stauffer, August's Author of the Month, proposes a Recovery Bill of Responsibilities. He argues that recovery is a shared commons requiring stewardship, ethical leadership, service, accountability, protection from exploitation, and responsibility to future generations.