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Dawn Farm Addiction and Recovery Education Series

Dec 7, 2010

"Tobacco Cessation and Addiction Recovery" is presented by Anna Byberg, Dawn Farm Project Manager. This program describes the prevalence of tobacco addiction among alcoholics and drug addicts, the relationship between tobacco use and recovery, and basic information about how to quit using tobacco. This program is...


Dec 7, 2010

“Addiction 101” examines the dynamics of drinking and drug use, reviews addiction as a brain disease and describes the process of recovery from chemical dependency. It is presented by James Balmer; President of Dawn Farm. This program is part of the Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual workshop series...


Dec 7, 2010

"For Family and Friends: How to Support Recovery and Not Support Addiction" was presented on September 28, 2010; by Ronald E. Harrison. When pleading, threatening, encouraging, manipulating, and shaming have not worked - what does work when confronted with a loved one’s addiction? What does not work? What can others do...


Dec 6, 2010

This program describes a physician's view of alcoholism, as presented in the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous and updated with the modern neurobiology of addictive illness. It includes a discussion of Dr. Silkworth’s explanation of alcoholism as a twofold disease, affecting mind and body, how Dr. Silkworth's opinion...


Dec 2, 2010

"Suicide and Recovery from Addiction" was presented on Tuesday November 30, 2010; by Michelle Rose Armstrong , MA, LLP, and Michael B. Murphy, MA, LMSW (Members of Washtenaw Alive, a suicide prevention community collaboration.) This program teaches participants to be alert to the signs of suicidal thinking among individuals...