August 31, 2017 NAADAC's 2017 Advocacy in Action Briefing & Reception NAADAC invites you to a special Advocacy in Action Briefing & Reception on Sunday, October 1, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Advocacy in Action Briefing will take place from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and will include briefings on NAADAC's legislative agenda and legislation important to addiction professionals. The Advocacy in Action Reception will take place from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and will include presentation of NAADAC's Legislator of the Year Award. The 2017 Advocacy in Action Briefing and/or Reception is free. Please RSVP to ensure we have enough resources and food for all who would like to attend. Register for 2017 Hill Day for free! NAADAC is partnering with the National Council for Behavioral Health and 20 national advocacy organizations to host the 2017 Public Policy Institute and Hill Day from October 2-3, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This free, two-day event brings together hundreds of behavioral health providers, administrators, board members, consumers and community stakeholders in D.C. for a day of sessions and workshops on federal behavioral health policy on October 2nd. After these sessions, Hill Day attendees take to Capitol Hill onOctober 3rd to advocate for better resources for mental health and addictions treatment in their communities. Book your hotel for a special rate of $289/night before the Sept. 8th cut off date! Registration for Hill Day 2017 is free. Learn More & Resources To help you prepare, the National Council is hosting our Get Ready for Hill Day Webinar on Thursday, September 7 at 3 PM ET. During this webinar, we will: Prepare you to be an effective advocate for mental health and addictions issues Unveil our policy asks for Hill Day 2017, including Medicaid, funding for behavioral health priorities and more Talk about how to prepare for your Hill visits Provide advice on how to make the most of your time in Washington Register for the webinar today! For more tips to help you prepare, watch the following brief informational videos: What to Expectand Pre-Fly-In Checklist. 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

AUGUST 31ST: INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY What is International Overdose Awareness Day? International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) is a global event held on August 31st each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have met with death or permanent injury as a result of drug overdose. Today we honor the lost lives taken too early by addiction, the mothers, the parents,our children and loved ones. Today we celebrate their lives and their memory as we march and do our vigil. Today we help someone struggling, and we remember the lives of those taken early from us. Forgotten Mom and all other supporters will be involved in the march in many states like Washington DC, Florida, and others. If you can't make it and want us to share the love of someone special in your life that you lost to the disease of addiction, please share their name and picture if possible we will do prayers and pay our respects to all of them. We need to bring this country and entire world together and fight the disease of addiction with love and unity. We are all in this struggle together,and it will take a nation to make a difference. SHARE YOUR STORY International Overdose Awareness Day hopes to diminish the stigma associated with drug use. That includes all drugs, licit and illicit (and alcohol, too). Taking its themes as prevention and remembrance, its goals are: •To provide an opportunity for people to publicly mourn for loved ones, some for the first time, without feeling guilt or shame. •To include the greatest number of people in Overdose Awareness Day events, and encourage non-denominational involvement. •To give community members information about the issue of fatal and non fatal overdose. •To send a strong message to current and former drug users that they are valued. •To stimulate discussion about overdose prevention and drug policy. •To provide information on the range of support services that exists in the local community. •To prevent and reduce drug-related harm by supporting evidence-based policy and practice. •To remind all of the risks of overdose. Visit Our Website

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"I   want to thank everyone here at Narconon. I have done meth for 24 years of my life and before coming here I hit rock bottom. I was suicidal, I was looking at some major jail time, and I had my family freaking out. I had an interventionist come to the house and he gave me an intervention. “I have never been to a rehab before and he asked me if I would be willing to go to a drug rehab and I said yes. I asked him when and where and he said in half an hour we were going to Louisiana. Well, I got here at 2:30 AM and wasn’t in a good condition at all. I was sucked up, and I had no self-confidence. I was a total mess. I got checked in by Derek and Courtney. " "I remember the first morning out of withdrawal everyone was so happy and nice. “I was wondering why and what kind of drugs were they on. Well, I tried to leave here many times but they wouldn’t let me. Now I am graduating from this rehabilitation program and I don’t want to leave. I love all of the staff and students here. This program is so awesome. I feel so awesome now. I feel better than I ever have in my whole life. Thanks, Derek, Alex, Rowlands and all of the other staff here. I will show you how much you guys have done for me by being sober and succeeding in life the right and sober way.” —BN Narconon Graduate   Read More

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Finding The Music The journey back from drug addiction is different for each of us.  No matter where we come from or how our addiction affected us we can all learn from each other. Read More...   Stepping Stones to Recovery  Life before Narconon was pretty much a big game to me, just not a survival one.  Life got to the point that I started to get amused by pain and I didn’t even care about anything anymore Read More...   Got My Life Back How does someone wind up addicted to drugs? The truth is each person’s descent into drug addiction is different. This amazing story shows us a different perspective on how a person becomes addicted to drugs. Read More...

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Dear Friends of Livengrin: After 30 years, the time has come!  I have been talking to our Board of Directors about this for the past year, and it is time to make the move and jump into that thing they call RETIREMENT!  I have attached a copy of the press release we are distributing tomorrow, and I am letting you know that my last day as CEO at Livengrin will be October 13th.  It has been an honor, privilege and joy to be associated with this wonderful organization, and so many fine people, for all of this time.  Not a day has gone by that I am not grateful. So, I hope to see you around—perhaps here at Livengrin, or maybe “down the road”.  But for now, I wish you well, and hope you will continue to support the work of my colleagues here in their effort to continue the fight against this insidious and deadly disease. Recovery IS possible!  Thank you, all. Rick    Richard M. Pine President/CEO Livengrin Foundation, Inc. 4833 Hulmeville Road Bensalem, PA 19020 Tel: 215.638.5200 www.livengrin.org We would like to thank our partners and supporters in making “Building Recovery Together” possible for the next 50 years! Please click here to download the official press release

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