DAAC WORKSHOPS

Understanding Addiction: Moving Towards an Integrated System of Care

Update: We have the following presentations from the workshop available to download:

JOIN us for presentations and dialogue centered around health care reform and upcoming changes to benefits and care for substance use disorders and mental health.

When: Wednesday ~ September 27, 2011 from 8:30am - 4:30pm
Where: Mary Agatha Furth Center, 8400 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, CA

Our presenters include the nationally acclaimed speakers: Thomas Freese, Ph.D and Beth Rutkowski, MPH, both of the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC).

The workshop will offer a morning session from 9am-12pm and an afternoon session from 1:30pm-4:30pm. Attendees may choose to participate in one session or both. View workshop information and the registration form to learn more. CEUs will be available.

Past workshop topics include: Methamphetamine, Marijuana and Youth, Aging Adult Alcohol and other Drug Abuse - The Hidden Epidemic and Motivational Interviewing training. For copies of past presentation materials, contact Susan Anderson, Director Marketing and Development at (707) 571-2233 ext. 311.

Please direct any questions to the DAAC Events line at (707) 571-2233 ext. 369

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It is BIOGENETIC

You don't choose to acquire it.

A family history of drug/alcohol problems may put you at greater risk.

It is a PRIMARY Illness

If you have chemical dependency, it's not a symptom of some other problem.

If you have chemical dependency and other problems, your chemical dependency will interfere with treatment for other problems unless the chemical dependency is also treated.

It is a CHRONIC Illness

It won't go away because you ignore it, don't like it or don't want to believe you have it.

It's not "just a phase."

It is a PROGRESSIVE Illness

Without treatment it will eventually get worse.

It usually gets worse more quickly for women and young people.

If left untreated, addiction can be FATAL

Drinking and driving

Overdose/alcohol poisoning

Disease

Organ Failure

Violence

Suicide

"If there's one thing I learned, it's that I can't do it alone."
-25 years old

"The program taught me how to nurture myself and therefore my children..."
-First Steps Perinatal Day Treatment Client

"I've got a good life now. My family, my friends, this school, they all came out of my being an addict and wanting a better life."
-High School Graduate

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