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Diane Potvin is the RCC Manager for the Windham Recovery Community Center. After being one of the CCAR "founding members", Diane was hired in November 2000 as Area Coordinator for the Windham and New London area. Diane likes to point out that her sobriety date is on Valentine's Day 1987 - the day she started loving herself and loving life. Diane was one of the key Windham residents who worked tirelessly to change Windham from being labeled "Heroin Town" by The Hartford Courant in October of 2002 to being referred to today as "Recovery Town".

So on February 20, 2004 Windham opened Connecticut's first Recovery Community Center in Willimantic which provides a safe, welcoming and positive place for those who are in recovery or support the recovery lifestyle. Since July 2001, Diane has co-hosted the recovery/community support TV show "Positive Faces". Diane invites you all to attend one of the CCAR Chapter meetings and bring your life/recovery to a new and exciting level.

Diane's son Ricci lives in Bolton with his wife Chrissie and Diane's grandchildren, Krystal, Shane and William (Billy). Another grandson, Nick from Ricci's previous marriage, visits often. Diane also has a daughter Melissa who lives in Texas with her husband David and their son Alex and daughter Kaitlin. Because of her family, Diane firmly believes it is so important that the message and hope of recovery is offered, without barriers, to everyone coming up behind and seeking recovery. Diane says "If you raise your hand and ask for help, you will get it."