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  • About
    • Mission & Vision
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    • Media & Events
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Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.

Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.

– Master Choa Kok Sui

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Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.

Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.Your future is in your hands. You just have to plant the right seeds.

– Master Choa Kok Sui

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Unicorns & Polka Dots inspiration: Brianna
Our Story

We Share Your Journey

In 2021, Joe Brady found inspiration for Unicorns & Polka Dots while he and his wife, Karen, were raising their two grandchildren after the tragic loss of their daughter, Brianna, to an accidental opioid overdose.

Read Brianna's Story

If you or someone you love is struggling through recovery, know that THERE IS HOPE.

Our vision is the promise of brighter days ahead for individuals struggling with substance use disorder (SUD) and their families on their journey to recovery.   

–Unicorns & Polka Dots 

Thriving in recovery

It’s Time for the Narrative to Change

Changing the stigma or perception of SUD takes a village. The road to recovery can be rough. Individuals and their families struggling with SUD often need help navigating the fragmented recovery process. With your help, we’re building a recovery college for SUD offering resources for prevention, treatment and recovery.

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Recent Happenings & Events

We are thrilled to welcome a new member to our Advisory Board—an individual who offers invaluable perspective and experience. This leadership will help shape our programming to profoundly impact the lives of those in recovery. We appreciate the dedication from all our Advisory Board Members. 

The Honorable Joan Synenberg - Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

We are pleased to announce the latest member to join and round out our esteemed Unicorns & Polka Dots Advisory Board. Please join us as we welcome Judge Joan Synenberg — she is a champion for individuals battling addiction and mental health challenges and a dedicated public servant with a distinguished career as a judge, attorney and tireless advocate for justice for all people. We’re thrilled to have her join us.


A career dedicated to legal justice, Judge Synenberg has served on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas bench for 16 years, as a Cleveland Municipal Court Judge for two years, and prior to her service on the bench, had a criminal and civil trial practice for 16 years. 


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The Stakes Have Never Been Higher

20 million Americans suffer from substance use disorder

20 MILLION AMERICANS suffer from substance use disorder.

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

Source: National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics 

Only 11% of adults with SUD receive treatment

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

Source: National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services

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OVER 100,000 PEOPLE DIE from overdoses in America each year.

ONLY 11% of adults with substance use disorder receive treatment.

OVER 100,000 PEOPLE DIE from overdoses in America each year.

Source: CDC

You don’t just “treat addiction”. You end up treating anxiety, depression, PTSD, loneliness, rage, despair, toxic secrets, regret, undiagnosed head trauma, untreated ADHD. Then you realize addiction is often someone’s best attempt to cope when they don’t see other options.


Dr. Glenn Doyle

Events

Join us in the fight against substance use disorder (SUD).

Ongoing

Unicorns & Polka Dots Partners with The Edna House for Job Development Program

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Unicorns & Polka Dots Partners with The Edna House for Job Development Program

Unicorns & Polka Dots is providing monthly workshops on the strategies and value of networking to support the Edna House and their establish...

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Upcoming Event

Six-Week Self-Defense Class with Kim's Martial Arts in Avon, Ohio

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Upcoming Event

Six-Week Self-Defense Class with Kim's Martial Arts in Avon, Ohio

Unicorns & Polka Dots, in tandem with Kim's Martial Arts in Avon, Ohio, will be hosting a six-week course in self-defense for women in recov...

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Sun, Oct 9, 2022

Unicorns & Polka Dots Kickoff Event

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Music Box Supper Club on the West Bank of the Flats, Downtown Cleveland

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Sun, Oct 9, 2022

Unicorns & Polka Dots Kickoff Event

A powerful evening filled with speakers who will share impactful education including entertainers—comedy, music and artists—who are in recov...

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Music Box Supper Club on the West Bank of the Flats, Downtown Cleveland

Thurs, Oct 6, 2022

WTAM Drive Time

3:20 pm

WTAM Afternoon Drive

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Thurs, Oct 6, 2022

WTAM Drive Time

Joe shares the story of Unicorns & Polka Dots and details about the upcoming event at Music Box Supper Club. 

3:20 pm

WTAM Afternoon Drive

Mon, Sept 26, 2022

Fox 8 Morning Show

Fox 8 Morning Show

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Mon, Sept 26, 2022

Fox 8 Morning Show

Joe tells his story on Cleveland’s FOX8 on the morning of September 26. WATCH NOW

Fox 8 Morning Show

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Connecting resources, support and education to individuals in recovery.

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