Sep 22, 2012
“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. Listeners will learn how
individuals experience drinking and drug use, gain an understanding
of the basic process and diagnosis of addiction, gain a basic
understanding of how the brain functions in a person with
alcohol/other drug addiction, and become familiar with the tools
utilized to treat addiction. This program is presented by James
Balmer; President, Dawn Farm. This program is part of the
Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual workshop series
developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current
information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related
issues. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a
non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical
dependency services. For information, please see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.”