Founder
Carol Lombard Clark
Filmmaker, founder and the voice behind the 12 Precepts of Recovery.
Carol Lombard Clark has traveled around the world twice, to 18 countries and 30 U.S. states, with one question: what does war do to the families left to live with it, and what helps them recover? She filmed her own journey along the way and interviewed men and women who served in war and civilians who lived through it. That footage became the documentary Caroline’s Poster, chapters of which are available on the Stories page.
Her own family history drew her to the work. Relatives served in both World Wars, and she lost her boyfriend in the Vietnam War in October 1967. Returning to Vietnam decades later, and listening to people on every side of that conflict, shaped her belief that the effects of war move through generations, and that recovery can too.
Out of those years of listening came the 12 Precepts of Recovery, a set of twelve principles that are registered with the Library of Congress and form the backbone of the online course. The precepts are organized around four paths, Body, Mind, Relationships and Spirit, taken in that order.
In 2021 the work became a nonprofit, Global Recovery Inc, so that the course, the support sessions and the films could reach more veteran families and so that the organization could one day open recovery centers. Carol continues to film, interview and lead sessions, and she still answers the phone.