“ADDICTION AND FAMILIES†will be presented on Tuesday
February 21, 2017, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, by Roxann Mudry, LLMSW;
Dawn Farm Therapist, Jail/Community Corrections and Strong Roots
Family Programs; and Katie Gordon, LMSW, Dawn Farm Outpatient
Therapist and Family Matters Facilitator. Substance ADDICTION IS OFTEN
DESCRIBED AS A FAMILY CONDITION. Each member of the family is affected
by ADDICTION WITHIN THE FAMILY AND OFTEN FAMILY MEMBERS DO NOT REALIZE
HOW PROFOUNDLY THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. To survive within a framework
of chaos, family members often develop roles and defense mechanisms
that help them to cope. Family members affected by substance ADDICTION
OFTEN HAVE CHALLENGES IN SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND TAKING CARE OF
THEIR OWN HEALTH AND WELL-being. Family involvement is an important
element of the recovery process for people with ADDICTION, and family
members themselves can recover from the effects of having person with
ADDICTION IN THE FAMILY, whether the person with ADDICTION RECOVERS OR
NOT. This program will discuss how ADDICTION IMPACTS EACH MEMBER OF A
FAMILY. The presenter will describe the roles and behaviors that
family members often acquire when living with ADDICTION, ways in which
each family member is affected by ADDICTION IN THE FAMILY, and options
for family members to obtain help to cope with ADDICTION IN THE
FAMILY. This program is part of the Dawn Farm Education Series, a
FREE, annual education series developed to provide accurate, helpful,
hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency,
recovery, family and related issues; and to dispel the myths,
misinformation, secrecy, shame and stigma that prevent chemically
dependent individuals and their FAMILIES FROM GETTING HELP AND GETTING
WELL. All programs are free and open to anyone interested.
Registration is not required. 1.5 hours of free C.E. approved by
NAADAC (National Association for ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS) and MCBAP
(Michigan Certification Board for ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS) is
provided. A certificate to document attendance is provided on request.
The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community
of programs providing a continuum of chemical dependency services. For
information, please contact Dawn Farm at 734-485-8725 or
info@dawnfarm.org, or see
http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series
[http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series]. LOCATION: St.
Joseph Mercy Hospital Education Center Auditorium (ground floor,) 5305
Elliott Drive, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197.
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