January 3, 2019 Implementing SBIRT in Rural Clinics: A How-to Guide Wednesday, January 9, 2019 @ 3-4:00pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT) Description: Many healthcare providers report that addressing alcohol and other drug problems is one of the most challenging areas of their practice. Providers are unsure how to address these issues, and yet they are in a prime position to reduce the negative outcomes related to substance misuse. Substance use counselors can partner with these providers to implement cost-effective screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) practices, that help identify and get patients the services they need. This is a win, win, win situation for the healthcare provider, substance use counselor, and mostly importantly, the patient. This webinar will outline a plan on how to work collaboratively with clinics in rural settings to build a SBIRT practice. Presenter: Christine Chasek, PhD, LIMHP, LADC, MAC Christine Chasek, PhD, LIMHP, LADC, MAC, is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, and Director of the Behavioral Healthcare Center of Nebraska-Kearney. Chasek is a practicing mental health and addictions counselor with experience in behavioral health care administration, most currently focusing on developing the behavioral healthcare workforce in Nebraska. Price: Education is FREE to all professionals Continuing Education Hours: Earn a certificate of completion for 1 CE by passing an online CE quiz upon completion of the webinar. FREE for NAADAC members (Join now!). $15 for Non-members. Questions or comments about NAADAC Education? Take a look at our Webinar FAQs or email NAADAC. Living in a Cloud: Adolescent Nicotine Use Wednesday, January 23, 2019 @ 3-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT) Description: Though adolescent cigarette smoking rates have decreased over the past four decades with fewer than 1 in 25 teens reporting daily tobacco use, e-cigarette use has increased two-fold. There are still lower rates of adolescent nicotine use overall, but a potentially dangerous trend has emerged with the increased use of vaping. Cigarette companies are not allowed to market their products to adolescents, but they have found other ways to create a new teen culture through the sponsorship of vaping “cloud” competitions. The purpose of this presentation is 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. Presenter: Beth Donnellan, M.Ed, ABD, CCTP, CATP Beth Donnellan, M.Ed, ABD, CCTP, CATP, has worked in the fields of addiction and emergency mental health for over 25 years in varying positions. Donnellan began her career as a school counselor and licensed therapist working with teens. She has worked professionally as a certified prevention and addictions professional, before moving to the educational field as a Professor at both traditional and online universities. Price: Education is FREE to all professionals Continuing Education Hours: Earn a certificate of completion for 1.5 CEs by passing an online CE quiz upon completion of the webinar. FREE for NAADAC members (Join now!). $20 for non-members. Questions or comments about NAADAC Education? Take a look at our Webinar FAQs or email NAADAC. 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 | | Subscribe |

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Top Drug & Alcohol News of the Week   Vaping on the Rise Among Teens While Opioid Misuse Declines E-cigarette use among teens has risen dramatically in the past year, according to the annual Monitoring the Future survey. Read More More Children and Teens Dying From Opioid Poisonings: Study Almost 9,000 children and teens died from prescription and illicit opioid poisonings between 1999 and 2016 in the United States, a new study finds. During this time, the death rate nearly tripled, CNN reports. Read More   Some States Report Progress in Reducing Death Toll From Opioids New Hampshire, Ohio and Rhode Island are among the states starting to see a decline in deaths from opioid overdoses, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read More Help Us Continue to Empower Families:   Donate Now Tell a Friend Benzodiazepine Misuse Among Adults Increasing A growing number of U.S. adults are misusing benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax, researchers at the University of Michigan have found. Read More Treatment Claims Rise for Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Conditions The number of private insurance claims for treatment of substance use disorders and mental health conditions has skyrocketed in the last 10 years, according to a new report. Read More Other Headlines of Interest 'Opioid overdose epidemic continues to worsen and evolve,' CDC says (CNN) With Senate votes, Trump gets a permanent drug czar — and his first science adviser (STAT) U.S. Surgeon General wants tougher action to tackle teen vaping epidemic (Reuters) Opioid-Makers Face Wave of Lawsuits in 2019 (NPR) Despair, Love and Loss: A Journey Inside West Virginia’s Opioid Crisis (The New York Times) 'Nowhere To Go But Up ' — A Small Town Confronts Its Addiction Crisis (NPR) What Can Make a 911 Call a Felony? Fentanyl at the Scene (The New York Times) Video: Opioid Crisis: The lawsuits that could bankrupt manufacturers and distributors (CBS News) Why Aren't More Users Of Opioids Or Meth Screened For Hepatitis C? (NPR) Guideline group turns gaze to opioid epidemic (Reuters) The biggest American cigarette company buys a $13 billion stake in the biggest e-cigarette startup (CNN) Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting (The New York Times) Drug use during pregnancy not child abuse: Pennsylvania top court (Reuters) Fentanyl’s New Foe: A Quick Test Strip That Can Prevent Overdoses (The Wall Street Journal) The Dry January Effect (The Wall Street Journal) In Rehab, ‘Two Warring Factions’: Abstinence vs. Medication (The New York Times) Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Extends Helpline Hours to Reach Even More Families in Need of Support Prince Harry Reportedly Gave Up Alcohol for Meghan Markle, and His Family Is Thrilled (Glamour)

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 TWELVE STEPPING WITH STRENGTH FROM THE PSALMS

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. 

(GODS BIG BOOK )

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

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

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. (GODS BIG BOOK )   
By Joseph Dickerson/Recovery Connections Network