NAADAC in Your Inbox: NAADAC 2019 Annual Conference Registration Open, New Mid-South RVP & much more!

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Membership Benefits Table of Contents - Registration Now Open for #NAADAC2019 Annual Conference! - NAADAC Announces New Mid-South Regional Vice President - 2019 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week - NAADAC Welcomes New Director of Training & Professional Development - NAADAC's Digital Ad Discount - Upcoming Webinar: Living in a Cloud: Adolescent Nicotine Use - 2019 Minority Fellowship for Addiction Counselors – One Week Left to Apply - Register Today for the Northwest Regional Conference - 2019 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs - NAADAC Career Center Events NAADAC WEBINAR SERIES Upcoming Webinars On Demand Webinars FAQS - Living in a Cloud: Adolescent Nicotine Use Wed, 01/23/19 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Finding Ambivalence and 10 Other Things About Motivational Interviewing Wed, 02/13/19 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Addressing the Opioid Crisis via Community-Based Technical Assistance Wed, 02/27/19 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! - Hunger for Healing: Evidence-Based Practice for Binge Eating Disorder Wed, 03/13/19 3-4:30pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1.5 CEs More Information Register Now! - Guidelines to Developing Competence with Mindfulness-Based Interventions Wed, 03/27/19 3-4:00pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Earn 1 CE More Information Register Now! NAADAC EVENTS - NAADAC 2019 Advocacy in Action Conference & Hill Day  Washington, DC  04/10/19 - 04/11/19 More Information - NAADAC and the National Council for Behavioral Health Delegation to Kosovo  Pristina, Kosovo  05/18/19 - 05/25/19 More Information - NAADAC 2019 Annual Conference: Navigating the Addiction Profession Orlando, FL  09/28/19 - 10/03/19 More Information PARTNER EVENTS - 45th Annual Psychotherapy Associates Winter Symposium Colorado Springs, CO  01/27/19 - 01/30/19 More Information - American Counseling Association 2019 Conference & Expo New Orleans, LA  03/28/19 - 03/31/19 More Information AFFILIATE EVENTS - WVAADAC Advocacy Day at the Capitol Charleston, WV 01/17/19 More Information - 2018 GACA Spring Conference St. Simons Island, GA 04/07/19-04/10/19 More Information - VAPA Annual Meeting & Training  Burlington, VT 04/12/19 More Information - IAAP 15th Annual Spring Conference   Location TBD  04/12/19 More Information - MAADAC's 30th Annual Golf Fundraiser Charlton, MA 05/17/19 More Information - Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies 2019: Brilliance at the Basics and Beyond  Williamsburg, VA 07/14/19 - 07/17/19 More Information Promote Your Job Listing with NAADAC Need to fill a position in your agency or educational program? NAADAC's Career Center is the place to go. Your career ads will reach NAADAC members and a professional mailing list of 48,000+ professionals each week for three months. That is almost half of the 100,000 addiction counselors, educators and other addiction-focused health care professionals that the Department of Labor estimates work in the United States. Each career ad runs until its closing date or for three months. More Information January 16, 2019 Registration Now Open for #NAADAC2019 Annual Conference! NAADAC's 2019 Annual Conference: Navigating the Addiction Profession will take place in Orlando, FL at Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld from September 28 - October 3, 2019. The three-day Annual Conference will take place on September 29 - October 1, 2019. In addition, attendees may register to attend one of seven full-day pre-conference sessions on September 28, 2019, one full-day post-conference session on October 2, or two full-day post-conference sessions on October 2 - 3. Pre-Conference Sessions (7 CEs): September 28th Updates on Treating Tobacco Dependence, by Audrey Darville, PhD, APRN, NCTTP, FAANP, Therese Shumaker, MA, NCTTP, James Brawner, MEd, NCTTP, and Jon Ebbert, MD Basics of Addiction Counseling: Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders, by Deborah Fenton-Nichols, EdD, LPC, LAC  Clinical Supervision: A Relational and Individualized Approach, by Thomas Durham, PhD Telebehavioral Health Legal & Ethical Best Practices: Dos and Don'ts, by Marlene Maheu, PhD Los Opioides y La Comunidad Hispana, by Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC, NCAC II, Glory McDaniel, MA, LPCC, CAC I, NCC, and Carlos Costa, MHS, MAC Being Your Most Ethical Self, by Kathryn Benson, NCAC II, LASAC II, QCS, SAP  The Opioid Epidemic: A 360 View, by Darryl Inaba, PharmD, CATC V, CADC III, Richard Paul "Rick" Green III, BSBA, LCDC, Cardwell "C.C." Nuckols, PhD, and Peter D. Mott, MA, ICPS, LCDX  One-day Post-Conference Session (7 CEs): October 2nd Integrating Treatment for Co-occurring Disorders: Myths, Realities and Effective Approaches to Care, by Thomas Durham, PhD Two-day Post-Conference Sessions (14 CEs): October 2nd & 3rd DOT SAP Qualification/Requalification Training, by Mita M. Johnson, EdD, LPC, MAC, SAP Conflict Resolution for Recovery (CRR) Training, by Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP [ More Information ] - [ Register ] NAADAC Announces New Mid-South Regional Vice President NAADAC is pleased to announce the new Mid-South Regional Vice President, John Cates, MA, LCDC. Cates has worked with substance use disorder treatment for 42 years and has been a member of NAADAC since the 1980s. He has served in every office available for NAADAC’s Houston chapter of the Texas affiliate, TAAP. He is currently serving on TAAP’s Board of Directors and the Houston chapter board. He has been active in advocacy with NAADAC since the 1980s and is presently co-chair of TAAP's Houston chapter’s Advocacy Committee. Cates has made many advocacy visits to Washington, D.C., and Austin, TX. For decades, he has actively promoted, attended, and presented at a multitude of NAADAC conferences and activities around the United States, most recently presenting at NAADAC's 2018 Annual Conference: Shoot for the Stars in Houston, TX. Cates has been the recipient of many awards, including NAADAC’s Lora Roe Memorial Counselor of the Year Award in 2001, TAAP’s Counselor of the Year, and the Houston chapter’s Counselor of the Year. He was recently honored with placement in TAAP's Houston chapter's Hall of Fame. [ More Information ] 2019 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) is a health observance week for teens that aims to Shatter the Myths about drug and alcohol use. This year, National Drug and Alcohol Facts week is taking place Tuesday, January 22nd to Sunday, January 27th. NDAFW brings teens together with scientists and other experts to discuss drugs and alcohol use and their effects on the brain, body and behaviors. It gives teens the opportunity to ask questions and for experts to dispel myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, tv, and friends. NDAFW events include a National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day on January 24, 2019. This is a live online event where high school students and NIDA scientists discuss drugs, alcohol, and addiction. There will also be a live National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challengeonline on January 21, 2019. Study up and test your knowledge next week! Learn more about this national event and download resources atteens.drugabuse.gov. If you are looking to plan your own event during NDAFW, download the online guide to get started today! [ More Information ] – [ Register for NDAFW Events ] NAADAC Welcomes New Director of Training & Professional Development NAADAC is excited to welcome Samson Teklemariam, LPC, CPTM, as its new Director of Training & Professional Development. In this position, Teklemariam will manage NAADAC’s training, education, and professional development programs and product development, including our webinars, online courses and manuals, continuing education approvals, and educational programming for our national, regional, and state conferences and trainings. Teklemariam has been a leader in the field of addiction treatment for over 10 years. With a background in CBT and experience leveraging eclectic clinical models, he has worked in a variety of treatment settings, including school-based, inpatient, adolescent academies, outpatient, prison-based, private practice, and family counseling settings. Teklemariam previously worked for Phoenix House Foundation as the National Director of Learning & Development; in this role, he managed a training department covering 100+ programs in 12 states. [ Email Samson Teklemariam ] Living in a Cloud: Adolescent Nicotine Use Wed, January 23, 2018 @ 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET (2 CT/1 MT/12 PT) Join presenter Beth Donnellan, MEd, ABD, CCTP, CATP, for this free NAADAC webinar, which will discuss how to explore the psychopharmacology of nicotine use, the culture of vaping, and strategies for prevention and treatment. Participants will learn how healthy factors of adolescent development add to the risk of becoming addicted to nicotine. Earn 1.5 CEs (free for NAADAC members - join now!). [ More Information ] – [ Register Now ] 2019 Minority Fellowship for Addiction Counselors – One Week Left to Apply The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Foundationand NAADAC, are pleased to announce the 2019 application period for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (NBCC MFP-AC). This program is made possible by a grant awarded to the NBCC Foundation in collaboration with NAADAC, by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The program will administer up to 40 Master’s degree-level counseling fellowships of $15,000 for addictions counseling students, plus the travel expenses to participate in other program-related trainings. Deadline: January 25, 2019 [ More Information ] – [ Apply Now ] Register Today for the Northwest Regional Conference NAADAC and its Northwest affiliates are excited to announce the Northwest Regional Conference:Embracing the Future, a three-day conference from June 13 - June 15, 2019 at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfrontin Portland OR. Earn up to 24 CEs! The conference will feature three intensive days of training sessions with national trainers such as Carlo DiClemente, PhD, Cynthia Moreno Tuohy, BSW, NCAC II, CDC III, SAP and Mita Johnson, EdD, LPC, MAC, SAP. [ More Information ] – [ Register Now ] 2019 National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs After 11 years of advocating for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to include addiction professionals in its loan repayment program, NAADAC is proud to announce the 2019 Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (SUD Workforce LRP). The NHSC seeks addiction professionals who want to serve the nation's underserved rural, urban, and tribal communities. The SUD Workforce LPR offers eligible clinicians up to $75,000 in student loan repayment in exchange for a three-year commitment to provide SUD treatment services at NHSC-approved sites. Approved sites are located across the U.S., in both urban and rural areas. Visit the Health Workforce Connector to see if your current employer is already approved which then makes you eligible to apply for loan repayment. Application Deadline: February 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm ET [ More Information ] – [ Download 2019 Application & Program Guidance ] – [ Apply Now ] NAADAC Career Center The NAADAC Career Center provides a variety of employment listings at no charge for addiction-focused professionals. If you are looking to find a new career, the NAADAC Career Center can help! Check out our latest listings! Tobacco Treatment Specialist at RWJ Barnabas Behavioral Health in Eatontown, NJ IOP Clinical Therapist at NorthStar in Boulder, CO Behavioral Health Clinician at Sitka Counseling in Sitka, AK Part-Time Case Manager for Sober Living Residence, Level III, Men's House at Limen House, Inc., in Wilmington, DE Clinical Director at Bay Cove Human Services in Stoughton, MA Military & Family Life Counselor at Magellan Health – MFLC Program in Yuma, AZ Substance Use Disorder Counselor (LADC) at Nystrom & Associates, Ltd. in New Brighton, MN Program Manager - Director of Individual and Family Affairs at Fairfax County Government in Fairfax, VA Regional Substance Use Disorder Clinical Administrator at the Minnesota Department of Human Services in Bemidji, MN Licensed Counselor at Crossroads Treatment Center in Whytheville, VA Director of Clinical Operations at Cornerstone Kentucky in Louisville, KY Program Counselor- Addictions at Diamond Healthcare in Richmond, VA Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor (LADC) at the Minnesota Department of Human Services in St. Peter, MN Chief Quality Officer at Lifeline Connections in Vancouver, WA Assistant Professor, Human Services Alcohol and Substance Abuse Concentration at the University of Illinois Springfield in Springfield, IL [ All Career Center Listings ]

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From WFS: Conference Update & Call for Presentations

Conference Update Hello Happiness! 2019 Annual Weekend Conference June 7 - 9, 2019 DeSales University Center Valley, PA Plans for the WFS Annual Weekend Conference 2019 are coming along very well and we're excited to share these updates with you. This year's theme, Hello Happiness!, relates to: Level of Recovery 4: Using new attitudes to enforce new behavior patterns. Statement 3: Happiness is a habit I am developing. Statement 6: Life can be ordinary or it can be great. Statement 11: Enthusiasm is my daily exercise. Logo Submissions Needed! We still need a conference logo - an image that conveys the happiness and enthusiasm of New Life recovery that can be used on the outreach and program materials for the 2019 conference. If you are artistically inclined, please consider submitting an image within the following guidelines: Not required to contain the phrase "Hello Happiness!" but may include it if you wish; may use the WFS "W" logo but please do not include words such as recovery or sobriety (for anonymity) Royalty-free, non-copyright images only if necessary 5" x 4", 300 dpi minimum One full-color version and one black & white (not grayscale) please Submit via email to volunteer@womenforsobriety.org by January 31st, 2019. Special Guest - Veronica Valli Veronica Valli has been joyously sober since May 2nd, 2000. Originally from the UK, she is a psychotherapist, Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner, Recovery Coach, and Author of the books ‘Why you Drink and How to Stop’ and ‘Get Sober Get Free.’ She is also co-host of the Soberful Podcast. Veronica passionately believes that anyone can recover from an alcohol problem if they are given the right tools and support. She has personally helped thousands of women transform their lives. Veronica believes that alcohol is only a symptom of the problem and that to recover, thrive, and become the women we are truly meant to be, we need to embrace a process of change. Now based in the USA, she works with women all over the world through her online programs and Facebook groups. She is married and lives on Long Island with her husband and two sons. Veronica will be sharing her Sober Secret with us in a Keynote address and facilitating a workshop called Sustainable Sobriety. Please join us in welcoming Ms. Valli to the 2019 conference! Call for Presentations We continue to seek engaging, interactive facilitators to lead a variety of breakout sessions and workshops throughout the conference weekend. Base Registration Fee waived for workshop presenters! ($300 value) Need ideas? Visit the updated conference page on our website for a summary of what our participants request, and what they do - and don't! - report liking from past evaluations. Applications due by January 31, 2019! We are also seeking women who want to help with Informal Activities such as craft projects, guided meditations, morning exercise groups, yoga, meet and greets, WFS Online forum labs, evening wind-down activities, and just plain organized fun! We want to fill up Thursday and Friday with fun ice-breaker activities to help new attendees feel welcome and "part of," and also provide wake-up and unwind-from-the-day activities in the mornings and evenings for our early birds and night owls. No need to fill out the full Call for Presentations for these informal activities - just email volunteer@womenforsobriety.org with your idea! Women for Sobriety, Inc.| 215-536-8026 | womenforsobriety.org  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌

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January 16,2019 Through The Twelve Steps With Spiritual truth From Scripture Today Step 1

January 16,2019 Through The Twelve Steps With Spiritual truth From Scripture Today Step 1

STEP 1. We admitted we were powerless over chemical substances—that our lives had become unmanageable .


CHAPTER 31 v 10 v 11
I am dying from grief ; my years are shortened by sadness . Sin (addiction) has drained my strength ; I am wasting away from within. I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors even my friends are afraid to come near me.


Scorn is open disrespect for someone or something. It can also be disrespect coupled with feelings of intense dislike.


The Psalm is describing the rock bottom in which I found myself fourteen years ago .The twelve Steps I discovered were going to be the only way I could climb out of this place. Addiction left me with absolutely no strength left to take the first step .Too this day and I cant explain it some super natural unseen power lifted my leg for me and placed it on that step . At the bottom of the steps was nothing but the blackest of darkness. Fear , despair , and grief were hands coming through the steps ,holding me in place or tripping me up causing me to fall to the bottom again ,but every time I fell that super natural unseen power put my leg back on that step again and again and again. At the top of the steps was a door that would get me out of this GOD forsaken place. I could see a light coming through the bottom and I wanted desperately to step in to the light and out of this darkness . Anywhere but here is the voice I heard whispering in my heavy heart . Up the steps I went but , fear , despair , and grief became hands reaching through the steps ,holding me in place or tripping me up causing me to fall to the bottom again ,but every time I fell that super natural unseen power put my leg back on that step again and again and again .Climbing those stairs was the most difficult thing I have ever done in life ! I got to the top and opened the door there was light fresh air and freedom to go anywhere I choose .Freedom for the first time in my life ! Occasionally I pass that basement door and sometimes I hear a whisper that says come inside , but deep down in my heart I know if I open and enter again I might never get out so I say a little prayer and thank God that I am out of the basement.


Isaiah 9:2 The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. 
By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network

Up to $75K in Loan Repayment for SUD Workforce - Apply by Feb. 21!

January 15, 2019 Apply for NHSC's SUD Workforce Loan Repayment Program by February 21st and get up to $75,000! After 11 years of advocating for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to include addiction professionals in its loan repayment program, NAADAC is proud to announce the 2019 Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Program (SUD Workforce LRP). The NHSC seeks addiction professionals who want to serve the nation's underserved rural, urban, and tribal communities.  The SUD Workforce LPR offers eligible clinicians up to $75,000 in student loan repayment in exchange for a three-year commitment to provide SUD treatment services at NHSC-approved sites. Approved sites are located across the U.S., in both urban and rural areas. Visit the Health Workforce Connector to see if your current employer is already approved which then makes you eligible to apply for loan repayment. Application Deadline: February 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm ET Download 2019 Fact Sheet Download 2019 Application & Program Guidance Questions? For the latest information and to sign up for email updates, visit www.nhsc.hrsa.gov NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 301, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703.741.7686 / 800.548.0497 Send to Friend | Update Profile | Subscribe | Unsubscribe