Spring 2014
Ties that
Bind & Bless
Deepening Recovery
with Reunions
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CONTENTS
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Recovery: A Family Love Story
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Carry the Message
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Butler Center for Research:
Cognitive Processing in Addiction
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50 Years: A Day at a Time
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ON THE COVER
On the Cover: The Art of Reunion
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Regional Spotlight: Springbrook
16
Bright Lights
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HazelFest
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Celebrating Milestones
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A LETTER FROM JANA K. OLSLUND
Dear Alumni and Friends,
I am excited to announce the integration of the Hazelden Foundation and Betty
Ford Center has officially been approved by regulators, establishing the “Hazelden
Betty Ford Foundation”—the largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider in the
country.
Throughout 2014, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation will be working to bring
together alumni from both organizations. During this planning phase we welcome
your thoughts and opinions and hope you will consider participating in a focus
group or survey. Your input will help guide our new organization in developing
future alumni programs and services.
This is an exciting time for our alumni as we have the opportunity to take the
best of both organizations’ programs and combine them into one world-class
offering that will set the industry standard. New and improved programs will
allow alumni greater opportunities to connect and engage with fellow travelers,
with newcomers, and with the organization where their journey began. We hope,
with this increased engagement, that your personal recovery is strengthened and
improved.
We encourage you to stay connected. Take a moment to visit our new website
www.hazeldenbettyford.org for further information on the merger. Please do not
hesitate to contact us with any questions by emailing [email protected] or
calling 877-429-5082. Both Hazelden and Betty Ford have deep-rooted traditions
in providing meaningful alumni engagement. Your continued commitment and
participation is what helps make the recovery experience possible for those
recently completing treatment, families beginning to rebuild and those looking to
reinvigorate their own recovery.
Together—with Betty Ford Center and the involvement of our alumni—we can
bring hope and bright new futures to even more suffering from addiction to alcohol
and other drugs. Thank you for staying connected!
My sincerest gratitude,
Jana K. Olslund, J.D.
Vice President, Philanthropy and Alumni Relations
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
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Christopher S.
“I am so excited and grateful:
Recovery has given me my family back.”
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F E AT U R E
Recovery
A Family Love Story
Pronounced dead on arrival at the emergency room after
a drunken driving accident hurled him 114 feet from his car,
Rick Sr. of Michigan survived—and so did his alcoholism.
Eleven more years of abusing alcohol passed before he
got sober the first time, relapsed, and finally sought help at
Hazelden Center City, Minn. So began the Hazelden legacy in
the S. family. Since then, Rick’s wife, Beverlee, sons Rick, Jr.
and Christopher, also received treatment at Hazelden.
The path to Hazelden was the most difficult for their
youngest son, Christopher. “I was 22 years old and I wanted
to get sober so bad, but I didn’t trust myself to do it alone,”
Christopher, now 26, recalls. “But by then, our family business
entered bankruptcy after a market downturn when I was
21—and we lost everything. Broke. And here was my dad,
thinking: ’When my son needs help the most, all I have left is a
boat and my wife’s wedding ring.’’
And that’s what Rick Sr. offered Hazelden as payment for
Christopher’s treatment.
Hazelden accepted—and the transformation of the
S. family began.
A Family Transforms
Combined, the S. family has more than 40 years of
Hazelden recovery, including five sessions in the Family
Program. Beverlee believes Hazelden provided the family with
the education that saved them as individuals and as a family.
“The vulnerability and honesty required at Hazelden for
both the addict and codependent cannot be adequately
described, because the process takes you down to ground
zero. Recovery becomes the new language to be practiced in
thought, word and deed,” says Beverlee. “I also learned that
the pain is equal on both sides, which I didn’t realize during
the years of active addiction.”
Says Rick Sr.: “I got sober for my family—but I stay sober
and found recovery for myself. We view the commitment to the
program as both individual and a team sport.” He returned to
school at age 54, and has found his vocation as a chemical
dependency therapist.
“Understanding and accepting the three C’s is a
foundation of self-responsibility and became a practice in
our household,” Beverlee explains. The 3 C’s are: “I can’t
control the disease; I didn’t cause the disease; I can’t cure
the disease of addiction.”
But with fearless, moral and honest searching and a
willingness to be open, a person can recover from the
disease. The S. family is living witness.
Adult Children in Recovery
The eldest child, Rick Jr., 35, has eleven years of sobriety.
A former youth semi-pro hockey player, he lives and works in
Michigan as a personal fitness trainer and nutritional consultant.
By his 21st birthday, he says, he was “definitely out of control
and asked to attend Hazelden for inpatient treatment.”
He returned to hockey, but relapsed. Meeting his future wife
changed everything. “I wanted the clean and sober life more
than anything to be with Angie,” he says. Rick returned to his
home AA meeting and with that strong base of recovery, they
married. “I always thought I would be drunk at my own wedding.
By the grace of God, I wasn’t,” he says.
Christopher is also a gifted hockey player who once played
on the semi-pro circuit in the U.S. and Canada. He recently
celebrated his fourth year of sobriety after completing Hazelden,
Plymouth, Minn., extended care program. He is soon to graduate
from Augsburg College, where he has been part of its Step-Up
Sober Dorm for students. In addition to academic success, he’s
found a sober hockey team and has rediscovered the pure joy of
a sport that nearly killed him with its high-performance culture.
“I enjoy sports now just like I did when I was a kid—it’s so great!”
Jillian is a “Normie” who works as a trainer and cross fit
competitor. She relies on Twelve Step wisdom and is a dynamic
participant in the recovering family.
Rituals Build Relationship
A joyful, strong recovery is built on rituals that connect people
to each other and to sober living. Small things matter in big
ways. All recovering members of the S. family attend Twelve Step
meetings each week. Rick Sr. calls Beverlee when he’s in the car
driving home from his AA to share thoughts the meeting sparked.
Beverlee reads and journals and eagerly shares affirmations.
In addition to a full load of courses to support his college
psychology major, Christopher stays connected to sobriety by
playing and praying hard. There’s hockey, basketball, yoga, and
running every day, with prayers every night before going to sleep.
“I pray for God to continue to give me the will, the desire and the
want to stay sober, and thank him for every 24 hours,” he says.
For Rick Jr., a strong recovery is rooted in AA meetings, Bible
study and “believing in Jesus Christ. I’ve always talked about
Step 3—not that I hang out there—but I love its message. I
believe a higher power is out there, taking care of it all, and I
believe in turning it over.”
Happy, joyous and free are the promises of living a life of
recovery—and the S. family members say they have come
true for them. Says Christopher: “I am so excited and grateful:
Recovery has given me my family back.”
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Stephen S.
Carrying the Message
Sober living sends down anchoring roots.
Recovery living grows up—branching,
blooming, always seeking the garden: others
in recovery with whom to form a serene and
beautiful habitat of health.
That’s the essential message that Stephen
S. felt during his family’s Hazelden journey.
His time on the Center City campus was
originally spent as a member of the Family
Program. Since then he has been a frequent
visitor to the Renewal Center. For his family,
the Twelve Step and recovery practices they
developed make recovery both possible and
deeply renewing. He credits Hazelden with
his embracing attitude toward addiction—
and growth in the garden of recovery. “I learn
every time I am on the grounds and look
forward to my next visit.”
He is a strong believer in carrying
the message because “Hazelden is an
environment that is immediately calming to
addict and family member alike,” he writes
in an email. “As an alcoholic and father of an
alcoholic, I treasure any time my schedule
allows me to spend on the campus.
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“My son is a former patient and is
currently enrolled in the Hazelden
Connection program. It is the glue that is
helping him to survive his terrible illness
to this date. His quality of life has been
positive for the first time in decades
because of this program.”
Stephen S. credits Hazelden’s skilled and
sensitive staff members for sparking “the
immense growth in all of us.” Staff attributes
he especially values are “professionalism,
knowledge, strength and true caring.”
What are the hallmarks of strength and
caring? “She is not afraid to tell me when I
need to do things differently.”
For the good of the garden, the recovery
habitat, truth is the sun that makes it
all possible—and inspires him to carry
the message.
You are invited to share your story and help “carry the message”
at hazelden.org/carrythemessage or call 651-292-2492.
Dear Friends,
In 2012 we started a campaign called “Carry
the Message,” inviting Hazelden alumni to call
out the caregivers or staff members who made
a difference in their lives—the one person or
persons they will never forget. This has triggered
an outpouring of grateful testimonials and
heartfelt thanks.
Some former patients will never forget the
driver who picked them up late at night, the
nurses who were ready and waiting for them,
the housekeeping staff who lent a sympathetic
ear, the technicians who were there 24/7, the
counselors who helped them break through
to a new understanding of their disease and
the possibilities that life holds. Thank you to
those who shared these stories with us. What a
marvelous gift your words have been to all of us
at Hazelden!
Share your story and help “Carry the Message”!
Visit us at hazelden.org/carrythemessage or
call 651-292-2492.
Making a difference:
Margaret Thompson
Parent Professional 2
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
“Thank you, Margaret—
for your unapologetic
willingness to challenge each
and every one of the people
whose lives you touch. It is
an amazing gift. You made
an extreme impact on both
Xavier and me.”
– ♥ Natalie
“Margaret realized we each had an individual
experience, and she brought the Dos and Don’ts of
our and the addict’s behavior to our attention with
her hard-earned knowledge, professionalism, sense
of humor, and vibrancy.”
– Maryland parent
“She [Margaret] gave myself and my two girls
(Madison and Gabby) the hope through
communication and Alanon that wounds will heal.
Life will look and does feel a whole lot better. I am
very thankful for Hazelden. God Bless.”
– Minnesota parent
Revitalize your recovery
With a retreat at the
Dan Anderson Renewal Center
Recovery is an ongoing process of transformation
that requires you to continually reexamine your
perceptions, attitudes, and heart. Nowhere will you
find more profound or compelling opportunities
to deepen or recharge your recovery than at
Hazelden’s Dan Anderson Renewal Center.
See what might be calling you.
Big Book & 12 x 12 Study Techniques NEW
Fred Holmquist
7 p.m. Friday, June 13–Noon Sunday, June 15
Join other students of the Twelve Step wisdom tradition in the
serenity of Hazelden’s Center City campus for a refreshing look
at the timeless wisdom—though dated language—of Alcoholics
Anonymous and “Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.” Fred will
highlight the spiritual template that girds much of Bill W.’s writing,
and reveal delightful consistencies that appear across his works.
Running and Recovery NEW
Dick Beardsley
7 p.m. Friday, June 27–Noon Sunday, June 29
Why do so many in recovery make running an integral part of their
new lives? Join marathon legend Dick Beardsley to explore running
and recovery. In addition to sharing his experience, strength, and
hope, Dick will provide fitness/ running level assessments for
participants and offer guidance about training and racing goals.
With a focus on “progress, not perfection,” this exciting, experiential
retreat is appropriate for beginners and lifelong runners alike.
The NA Journey Continues
Will Hudson
7 p.m. Friday, July 4–Noon Sunday, July 6
This retreat is ideal for anyone in Twelve Step recovery who
wants to deepen his or her understanding of the extraordinary
and edifying Narcotics Anonymous text. It’s a not-to-be-missed
opportunity for those in the NA program as well as those who
sponsor people in the program.
True Happiness NEW
Bill Alexander
7 p.m. Friday, July 11–Noon Sunday, July 13
Everyone wants to be happy. We look fruitlessly for happiness in
people and places and things and ideas and activities. They always
fail us. This pervasive state of dissatisfaction and endless longing
is the path of addiction. Come and discover the path to happiness,
wholeness, and freedom right where it has always been: deep
within. The only key is KISS: Keep It Spiritually Simple.
30th Anniversary of the
Dan Anderson Renewal Center
Join the Renewal Center in celebrating its
30th anniversary! Open house event is open
to alumni Sunday, July 13, 2-5 p.m.
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Addiction Science Cognitive Research
Understanding the
impact of cognitive processing
in alcohol/drug addiction
Through its Butler Center for Research (BCR) in Center City, Minn.,
the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation leverages a suite of scientific
assets that no other treatment center in the world has developed. The
goal is to increase evidence-based knowledge of addiction as a means
to optimize treatment outcomes. Combined, the Hazelden Betty Ford
Foundation and the Butler Center for Research have the following
integrated assets:
• More than 50 years of expertise and clinical success treating
addiction in inpatient and outpatient settings, tailored to
individuals and families
• Years of pathbreaking research from staff M.D.s and Ph.D.s
probing the factors and behaviors that drive addiction and
inform treatment strategies
• An extensive alumni recovery community deeply committed
to improving lives through their support of rational, evidencebased, scientific treatment methods
• A patient population eager and willing to take part in
research studies to increase knowledge of addiction and
speed discovery of improved treatments
A look at an ongoing investigation into the roles of attention and
memory in alcohol dependence highlights this leadership position.
Attention, Memory, Alcohol Dependence
Consider the relapse potential in this scenario:
Two sober people are riding a bus to an Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, both committed to recovery. The bus route threads through
a typical urban neighborhood with apartments, coffee shops, cafes,
a shoe repair shop, doctors’ offices, clothing boutiques. Tucked in
among the shops is a bar.
The attention of one of the bus riders is immediately drawn to the
bar. Her gaze locks onto its neon signs—which may cause her to
become immersed mentally in past associations and memories of
using that the bar sign triggers. The other bus rider’s attention passes
right over the bar and drinking-related cues. Is the risk of relapse
different for these two people? This is one of the questions that the
Butler Center for Research’s cognitive research attempts to answer.
“Evidence suggests the brains of some alcohol-dependent
individuals have biases in the kinds of things they pay attention to,
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and in the way they remember things, a bias that favors processing
of alcohol-related cues and stimuli,’’ explains BCR Executive Director
Audrey Klein, Ph.D., a specialist in experimental cognitive psychology
and addiction research.
Cognitive experimental research is not only well underway at BCR, it
is in the vanguard of this type of inquiry. “Being part of such cuttingedge, pioneering research makes patients and alumni tremendously
proud. Many of them state that they participate in our studies out of a
desire to help other alcoholics suffering with the disease,” Klein says.
Patient Volunteers: From Problem to Solution
Among the methods Klein and her team use to study cognitive
processing is a novel application of a widely-used task developed in
the 1930s, the Stroop task. Based on visual identification abilities, it
measures subjects’ response times while decoding visual stimuli.
A typical Stroop task involves the presentation of color names on
a computer screen. The names appear in a colored font that either
matches or mismatches the word. For example, the word “red”
appears in red font on
some trials, but appears
in blue font on others.
The participant is asked to
identify the font color of the
printed word while ignoring
the meaning of the word.
The time it takes to name
the font color is recorded in
Typical Stroop task
milliseconds and is called
reaction time (RT).
“The Stroop task creates a dilemma for the attentional system in the
brain,” Klein explains. “That system appears biased to automatically
attend to word meaning before attending to the physical characteristics
of the word. When the word meaning and color match, attentional
processing of the font color is quick and easy. When they are different,
it takes the brain longer to process the font color. In essence, the
Stroop task uses the length of the reaction times to shed light on
what the brain is doing when presented with different types of visual
information.”
BUTLER CENTER FOR RESEARCH
“Evidence suggests the brains of some
alcohol-dependent individuals have biases
in the kinds of things they pay attention to,
and in the way they remember things.”
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Research Update
The Alcohol Stroop Task
Alcohol variants of the Stroop task have been
developed over the years. They present alcohol-related
words (beer, wine, whiskey) and non-alcohol-related
words (computer, street, building) in different font colors,
then measure RTs required to name the color. “The
standard finding is that alcohol-dependent individuals
take significantly longer to identify the color of alcohol
words. This suggests their brains are biased toward
processing these stimuli,” Klein notes.
The BCR team designed a novel variant of the alcohol
Stroop task. Never before used with alcohol-dependent
patients, it presents a colored rectangle with either an
alcohol-related or a neutral word printed inside. The task
is to name the color as quickly as possible while ignoring
the word. RTs are recorded for each trial.
Explains Klein: “The patient will be exposed to two
things, the colored shape and the word. Even though
the word is task-irrelevant, we predict that some patients
will have trouble ignoring the alcohol words and will take
much longer to color name when these words appear,
compared to neutral, non-alcohol-related words. We are
in the process of collecting outcomes data, and later on
we can determine if patients with a strong alcohol bias are
more likely to relapse.”
A Brain Bias for Alcohol?
Klein’s team considered the possibility that some
patients would show a bias for processing alcohol words
even if they were presented with a situation where they
should be easy to ignore. “So on some trials, the words
appeared outside the rectangle and should have been
easy to ignore,” Klein says. But many patients still showed
an attentional bias to the words and remembered seeing
the alcohol words at a much higher level than the neutral
words when given a surprise memory test. “The fact that
memory for the alcohol words was so good indicates they
were processed by the brain. In essence, we are some
of the first researchers to show a memory as well as an
attentional processing bias for alcohol words in patients
with alcohol dependence.”
Butler Center researchers hope that these tasks
will become useful clinical tools to improve treatment
outcomes and minimize relapses. Says Klein: “The
opportunity to do this research is incredibly exciting
because the potential for improving the lives of addicted
people with science and apply findings to clinical practice
is so powerful.”
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COR-12 Study of Medicationassisted Opioid Addiction Treatment
in a Twelve Step Framework
Hazelden leaders embarked on a new clinical initiative
in January 2013 aimed at delivering more effective
treatment for patients with opioid dependence. Called
Comprehensive Opioid Response-12 (COR-12), it
includes the use of prescription drugs Naltrexone
or Suboxone, where appropriate. Because research
remains a key area of focus at the Hazelden Betty
Ford Foundation, the Butler Center for Research
(BCR) designed a pilot study involving a sample of
COR-12 patients. A key aspect of this study, currently
underway, involves comparing treatment outcomes of
three groups of COR-12 patients, consisting of:
1. P
atients taking no medications for opioid
dependence.
2. P
atients taking Vivitrol, an extended-release
form of Naltrexone injected once a month.
It is a non-addicting, anti-craving agent in
the opioid antagonist class that blocks
opioid receptors.
3. P
atients taking Suboxone, a combination
of buprenorphine and Naloxone, a partial
opioid agonist.
Approved by the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is designed to
assist treatment of opioid dependence with select
drugs, as opposed to relying on the abstinence-only
treatment approach that requires detoxification
before psychosocial therapies are started. Although
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sanctions
MAT in specific circumstances overseen by specially
trained providers, MAT’s reliance on pharmaceuticals
is controversial to some abstinence-only advocates.
Hazelden is committed to ongoing research of these
medications to fully evaluate their potential.
“We looked at the data on the current opioid epidemic
and the results of a number of past studies, which
suggest that the use of these medications can be
effective in the treatment of opioid dependence. We
saw the possibility for making a real difference with
COR-12 in the lives of these patients,” explains Audrey
Klein, Ph.D., executive director of BCR.
AN INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM C. MOYERS
50 Years
A Day at a Time
Terry T. owes his life to a transformation that began the
moment he found himself at Hazelden following a serious car
accident that should have killed him. When he showed me a
frayed piece of folded paper he pulled from his wallet, I grasped
that sometimes there are a few moments destined to never fade
with the decades. They grow stronger.
“It started with this,” he said, delicately handing the paper
across the dinner table to me. “Pay to the order of Hazelden,
January, 1964.” The softness of his voice faded to near silence.
His eyes welled with tears. “Hazelden made it possible.”
He gave away the original cancelled check long ago. Now
he carries a copy recording the few hundred dollars he paid to
Hazelden to help him overcome his alcoholism when he was
25 years old. A small fee for a big shot of redemption that
became a wellspring, paying lifelong dividends beyond
anything he had considered.
“I didn’t show up with any commitment of ‘life without alcohol,’”
recalls Terry. “The counselor who met me there, Al Douw, asked,
‘Do you want to quit drinking?’ and, after pausing, I said, ‘Well, I
want to want to.’ Al said, ‘good enough, come on in.’”
Recently, Terry and members of his family returned to Center
City to share a unique moment in their journey with me and
several hundred patients who were treated to a celebration that
rarely occurs at Hazelden—or anywhere for that matter. Terry
received his 50-year sobriety medallion. I gave it to him.
In a spontaneous instant, the audience rose to its feet in
unison, lifted by the sheer force of inspiration-driven hope. Even
before he had begun to share his story, Terry’s half-century of
sobriety told the story of what is possible when anyone who
cannot stop drinking or taking drugs finally does stop and starts
that essential commitment required for a life in recovery.
“Willingness is the necessary magic sauce, a crack to let the
light in,” Terry told the women and men in the auditorium. “I
actually rationalized, before coming in, that my choices were
either ‘I am crazy’ or ‘I am alcoholic’ and thought maybe I could
fix being alcoholic, and so I chose that.” And the audience
laughed in agreement. They could relate.
Addiction is a disease of isolation. The antidote is found in the
first word of the first step of those Twelve Steps that have helped
millions of people find the “fix” to what ails them: WE. Not
you, not her, not them, not me. But WE, the pronoun of unity,
togetherness and support that,
as Terry offered in his story,
reminds us all that nobody is
alone in the struggle to recover.
In fact, it is imperative that we
stick together. Or, as Benjamin
Franklin is oft quoted just
before signing the Declaration
of Independence, “We must,
indeed, all hang together, or
most assuredly we will all hang separately.” Fifty years long or
just a few days from the beginning, together we addicts and
alcoholics improve our chances to recover by hanging out in
meetings, at coffee shops and holiday parties—and at sobriety
celebrations at treatment centers.
In Hazelden’s storied history, this commitment of
connectedness has never been stronger. The merger with the
Betty Ford Center unifies two organizations long dedicated to
transforming people affected by substance use disorders. Not
just patients in need of treatment. But also children and families
affected by addiction. Students who want to become counselors
with master’s degrees. Medical professionals seeking insights
about how addiction sickens their patients and recovery makes
them better. Authors with personal and professional insights
turned into books to share with others. School administrators
and community leaders dedicated to cutting-edge prevention
tools. Alumni who need an ever-present touchstone on their
journey, and donors who want their generosity to have a
bigger, lasting impact. This is the WE of the new Hazelden Betty
Ford Foundation.
Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, thousands of us have
walked into treatment, the family program, outpatient mental
health or an aftercare group convinced ours is a lonely sojourn,
only to find women and men on the same path. Not all of us
stay the course like Terry T., without a stumble or slip. But as
my recovery mentor Paul once admonished me when the future
looked so impossible, “Remember that the best anyone has
ever done is the 24 hours ahead.” Terry’s story reminds us that,
strung together, 24 hours do add up. And when shared, the tally
is enough to lift up the collective spirit of people in an auditorium
whose transformation was once measured in days, just like Terry.
Terry T.
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The Art of Reunion
Kilts, cows and a life of usefulness to
others are the sturdy threads in the tartan
weave of Eddie M.’s life that connect him to
what he values most: sobriety.
But it is not just any sobriety. As Eddie
emphasizes, his is a “contented sobriety,”
sobriety practiced in community with
other addicts and AA steps to keep him
honest, open, willing and seeking humility.
“Arrogance has always been one my big
problems,” he notes. “You could deflate
my ego today and it would be back up
and riding horseback tomorrow. It’s a
constant struggle.”
The surest antidote to ego-bound living
Eddie has found is usefulness. “The quality
of my sobriety is directly proportional to my
usefulness to others,” he explains. “While
this notion is certainly not original to me, I
believe the more we all keep passing on the
wisdom we pick up from others, the better
off and happier we all are. That’s a great
thing about attending Hazelden annual
reunions—it provides a way to share
what works and carry the message, as
opposed to just helping me stay sober,
as it did originally.”
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Turning Point: Tiebout Reunion
At 77, Eddie lives on a Michigan farm near
Kalamazoo, where he raises prize Highland
cattle and practices Big Book wisdom every
day to mark his personal transformation that
began Nov. 10, 1993, in Hazelden’s Tiebout
Unit. It’s a community so important to him
that he never misses a Tiebout reunion.
“Connecting at reunions every year at
Hazelden is a center of my life now—and has
been for 21 years,” Eddie says.
Attending his first reunion in March 1994,
he met 62 alums and staff. “From Thursday
to Sunday this Tiebout group worked me over
pretty well and the light finally went on: I had
been white-knuckling sobriety for my first few
months not drinking—dry, but not sober. I
was not really working the program. But by
that Sunday, I finally understood something
about recovery—and I wanted it,” Eddie says.
He left feeling happy and optimistic about
recovery, and told them all he would be back
next year. It was met with the kind of ruthless
honesty recovery calls forth. Said one: ‘You
know, Eddie, alcoholics are great at making
promises. Those of us who are sober keep
them.’ Eddie got it—and accepted it. “That
was a great challenge to me, and I have
always loved a grand challenge.”
He’s never missed a reunion.
Drinking Cultures
For a native Scotsman born in Kilmarnock,
the home of Johnnie Walker headquarters,
“the question was never, ‘Will you drink?’
It was ‘How soon can you start?’ “ Eddie
recalls. He began drinking at pubs at age 16,
then immigrated to the U.S. at age 21—and
entered the military, which also had a robust
drinking culture.
Given that background, the change that
began at Hazelden is profound. Recalling it
threatens to leave Eddie at a loss for words—
only threatens. “To make a long story endless,
all I can say is it still eludes me a bit today to
understand what happened and how all the
goodness started,” Eddie says. “I’ve turned
180 degrees from the old Eddie. When I went
to Hazelden in 1993, I had no idea what I’d
gotten myself into. But my wife had died in
1989, my job seemed to be going all right but
my staff were carrying the load—it was time
to change.”
Envisioning change that involved not
ON THE COVER
Eddie M.
drinking alcohol was nearly impossible for
him. By that time Eddie was drinking two
quarts of Johnnie Walker Red a day. Because
he never missed work, he believed it wasn’t a
problem—despite evidence to the contrary.
“The DWIs, weekends in jail, poor decisions
I made, none of it seemed to indicate that
quitting drinking would be good for me, which
of course is crazy. Now I see that. But while
most of the stories of my drinking days are
strictly hearsay, since I was a blackout drinker,
I can say I was committed to it. Faithful. I just
kept going, though I did notice that the more I
drank, the worse—and more expensive—the
lawyers got. That much got through to me.
I was so unmanageable that when I tried
stopping drinking at lunch, I couldn’t imagine
how that would work, so I stopped eating lunch
and picked up the pace at cocktail hour. That’s
the kind of dishonesty that drove me and made
such a mess of things.”
Corporate Intervention
By age 57, Eddie was an accomplished
and successful engineer, a corporate
vice president, a spiritual and physical
wreck. He weighed 305 pounds and had
earned the nickname “Crash” for having
crashed so many vehicles he prototyped
as a transportation engineer. “We always
managed to rebuild them,” he said. “The
more successful I became, the more I
drank.” Somehow his wife and stepchildren
weathered it all. “Everyone around me was
extremely tolerant of my disease—family,
employer, coworkers.”
The change to sober life was sparked
by corporate human resource officers who
themselves were sober Twelve Step members.
Eddie was just one more drunk driving citation
away from felony charges under Michigan
law, and his employers were concerned.
As a corporate officer, Eddie could not have
a felony conviction and hold his position as a
vice president. He was risking embarrassment
and a lifestyle slide the likes of which he’d
never imagined.
“I had no idea what a sober drunk was,
but these two human resource officers called
me in to meet. They suggested this Hazelden
place, and they were friendly, bright fellows
and one said, ‘What do you have to lose?’ So
I thought, ‘Why not?’ I needed their help in
the corporate headquarters where I was a
topic of conversation, that much was clear.
What I didn’t realize is just how much I
needed help in my life.”
Rebuilding, Clean and Sober
Sixteen months after treatment, Eddie
retired from the high-pressure executive life.
He now focuses on tending his farm and
beloved cattle and sheep—and working his
Twelve Step program at all times, colorful
and notable as the cow farmer in the kilt.
He chooses among four of the five family
tartans—two formal, two for day, “although
sometimes I stray”—and considers farming
in them at least a two-kilt job. “Since I use
the kilt so much around cattle the smell is
easily absorbed by the wool. In fact, the wool
will absorb any odor. I usually hang my kilt
out on a clothes line to allow it to freshen,”
he explains.
At least once a week, Eddie drives 70
miles for fellowship and an AA meeting with
inmates at the local prison. He also carries the
AA message to the county jail weekly. To all,
he gives of his time and energy unstintingly
to talk of the deep peace and contentment
sobriety brings him. Even when he’s on the
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road to sell cattle at livestock shows, he
walks the walk he first learned at Hazelden
and deepens each year with the help of his
Tiebout brothers during reunions.
On the way to a recent livestock show in
Denver, Eddie got caught during the 1,200mile drive in the snows that buried the Middle
West and plains. At times he could go only
30 m.p.h. No worries. He got there, making
friends along the way—including an Amish
farmer who needed a yak delivered to Indiana
on the return trip.
Eddie M. was just the man for the job of yak
delivery: another grand challenge. “It was quite
a task getting into his place, and we had to wait
while they plowed a path, but all went well.”
It always seems to go well these days for
Eddie M. Ever since the turning point of his
first Tiebout reunion, the sun of sobriety is
always out, and blessings abound. Despite
the record snows and winds of this frigid
winter, lambing began on his farm in
February, and Eddie saw a sight he’d never
seen before: a perfect delivery of a lamb,
completely within the “fleece” or amniotic
sac, until it was fully delivered. “That is quite
rare to see,” Eddie says. “Usually the front
feet and nose break the membrane prior
to exit. When I was a wee boy some time
ago I was told if I ever saw a foal in a fleece
I would always be blessed. I never did see
that, but I guess I have been blessed more
than I deserve and that suits me just fine.”
“What I didn’t realize is just how
much I needed help in my life.”
2014 Alumni Reunions
Strengthen, renew and enrich your recovery at the place
where you began—Hazelden.
Lilly Alumni Reunion
Promises Alumni Reunion
Location:
Location:
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 06/05/2014
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 09/04/2014
Simmons/Lilly Primary Alumni Reunion
Jellinek Alumni Reunion
Location:
Location:
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 06/19/2014
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 09/18/2014
Dia Linn Alumni Reunion
Silkworth Alumni Reunion
Location:
Location:
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 07/17/2014
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 10/16/2014
Springbrook Alumni Reunion
Florida Alumni Reunion
Location:
Location:
Newberg, OR | Upcoming Date: 07/19/2014
Cronin Alumni Reunion
Location:
Center City, MN | Upcoming Date: 08/14/2014
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Naples, FL | Upcoming Date: 10/17/2014
REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Sexual Identity & Recovery
Springbrook LGBTQ Programming
Creates Culture of Acceptance
Addressing gender and sexuality issues has always
been part of modern chemical dependency treatment.
Now, at Hazelden Springbrook in Newberg, Ore., probing
gender and sexual identity take on renewed relevance in
a new model that is yielding promising outcomes while
attracting national attention.
To meet the growing need of peers who identify in nontraditional gender categories, Springbrook has developed
some of the most advanced, socially sensitive and focused
programming anywhere with its “LGBTQ-Integrative”
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) treatment
model. Data from Springbrook’s programming is part of
an academic study now under review for publishing, and
will be included in a research update by Hazelden’s Butler
Center for Research later this year.
Treat the Person, Not the Label
“We’re trying to change the experience of heterosexualtreatment culture for LGBTQ people,” explains Buster
Ross, MA, CADCII, CSC, LPC-I, Hazelden Springbrook’s
LGBTQ program director. “While many of the trauma
issues we are addressing in treatment are the same as
they are for our heterosexual and cisgender clients, we
most often are working with existential issues stemming
from family system and cultural rejection. To address
internalized negative attitudes about self related to
sexuality and gender identity, we have to create and
continually foster a community of love and healing.”
Ross emphasizes that an environment in which
non-LGBTQ and LGBTQ people embrace each other as
they are is tremendously valuable to both groups. “When
we encounter clients with strongly held negative attitudes
about LGBTQ people, it is often related to unresolved
feelings and experiences, things they often want help in
understanding. But it is important to be clear that our only
expectation is that all of our clients be able to treat one
another with respect in the milieu.”
In just a little over three years, Springbrook has moved
from having no specialized services for LGBTQ clients to
having a robust program, notes Ross.
Beyond the Binary
Ross credits training from The PRIDE Institute’s
inpatient and outpatient all-LGBTQ treatment programs
and his independent study of Sexual Health at Hazelden
Graduate School of Addiction Studies in Center City as
major influences in shaping his approach. “Traditional
treatment is gender binary. It’s kind of a radical notion to
have men and women intermix in a traditional treatment
model, yet it’s vital for LGBTQ people in treatment.
Patients need this to establish the sense of safety that
healing trauma is contingent upon. When we create
opportunities to be together in mixed groups, we find it
adds depth to recovery: people get something beyond
acceptance. During my own training, I saw that much of
what happens at PRIDE is community, so we’ve created
opportunities to support its organic development at
Springbrook. When there’s genuine community it makes
our work easy.”
In addition to attending gender-integrated group
meetings and therapy sessions, Springbrook’s LGBTQ
recovery program participants go off campus together to
attend meetings at Portland’s Gay and Lesbian center;
take part in regular movie nights; and engage in LGBTQ
community-specific service opportunities.
The Need for LGBTQ Programming
A tailored LGBTQ recovery approach is needed not
only because research suggests that non-heterosexual
people may be more prone to developing drug and
alcohol problems than heterosexual people, but that they
have higher rates of previous detoxification and inpatient
treatment episodes, trauma, and additional mental health
diagnoses. Ross suggests the higher prevalence may
be attributed to broader cultural issues and stressors for
LGBTQ people than individual pathology.
“The data we’re pulling leads me to believe that minority
stress may be the primary driver of the unique issues we
have been identifying. When you have a family system
that rejects you, you have more stress. When you live with
the fear of being ‘found out’, witnessing threats, violence,
rejection, and abandonment, you have more stress. Shame
and addiction further compound that stress.”
Ross looks beyond genetics to developmental
psychology and attachment theory for explanatory power.
“Many people with addiction struggle to connect with
others,” he says. “The ability to experience a broader
range of intimacy becomes possible as shame is reduced.
Community can do that.”
Early results of this model are encouraging, generating
invitations to share this approach around the country.
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Bright
Lights
Tommy R.
BORN: New York City, 46 years ago
SOBRIETY DAY: June 21, 1991, following treatment in 1989
at Hazelden Pioneer House in Plymouth, Minn.
LIVES IN: Venice, California, where he is founder of the holistic
recovery movement known as Recovery 2.0, which consists of online
resources for recovery including two acclaimed on-line conferences
each year.
TURNING POINT: In 2003, I met my yoga teacher. I knew at once I
was in the presence of something sacred and immensely powerful,
and I’ve experienced a true recovery within recovery by discovering
the powerful effects of my yoga and meditation practice.
STAYS CONNECTED TO RECOVERY BY: The core elements of connection for me are 1. sponsoring others, 2. recovery wisdom
experiences that arise from interactions while leading workshops and
retreats, 3. The Path of Yoga, 4. Healing my relationship with food.
I lived my childhood as one sugar event to the next. I was building
weakness into my system and it primed me for other addictions.
SIMPLE PLEASURE: Eating foods right out of my garden. There’s so
much joy in food, organic fruits and vegetables, whole grains, really
clean food. Gardening is one of the most centering activities I do.
GUILTY PLEASURE: In the realm of food, of course: Hmm….a cup
of really good black tea with steamed milk, and just the right amount
of honey. Or one really well-made chocolate chip cookie. Not enough
to trigger a slip, just a joy.
MAIN MESSAGE: One of them is: if you really want to go toe to
toe with addiction you have to consider your relationship with food.
Another is: start a yoga practice right away.
BEST ADVICE YOU EVER RECEIVED: Cultivate simplicity—seek it
and support it in others.
GO-TO SERENITY WORD OR PRACTICE: Sat Nam. It means
“Truth is my identity.”
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BRIGHT LIGHTS
Stan R.
Matina M.
BORN: St. Paul, Minn., July 28, 1940
BORN: Evanston, Ill., June 2, 1976
SOBRIETY DAY: Feb. 21, 1965, at Hazelden Center City
LIVES IN: Chicago, Ill.
LIVES IN: Roseville, Minn.
TURNING POINT: I received incredible support, guidance and
strength from the Family Program as well as the Connection program.
The counselors used a perfect balance of wisdom, humor and
warmth in both the group and individual sessions. They knew when
I was down, and they lifted my spirits with their smiles and fantastic
humor. When I felt despair or helplessness, they built me up and
helped me to acknowledge my own strength.
TURNING POINT: For the first three years of my marriage, I was
drinking to the point of blackout. I either had to do something or I’d
die. I had a Twelve Step intervention. My in-laws paid for my sobriety.
I’m just so grateful to them.
STAYS CONNECTED TO RECOVERY BY: Daily readings.
“Twenty-four Hours a Day” is a favorite.
SIMPLE PLEASURE: Just being with my grandkids, playing and
reading with them. We babysit them every week.
GUILTY PLEASURE: I don’t feel guilty because I’m very deliberate
about when I choose to have one, but I do like to have a cigar
on occasion.
MAIN MESSAGE: AA meetings and friendships have so much to
offer. I just don’t know what I’d do without AA. It’s the “we” of AA.
BEST ADVICE YOU EVER RECEIVED: I’ll never forget it: I was
driving up to Hazelden with the man who was part of the Twelve Step
call the week before. When we got there he said: “You see, Stan,
there’s no fence around here. You’re here because you wanted to
come here. Just remember: ‘Live one day at a time and go to AA
meetings and you’ll be OK.’ I still go to three meetings a week.”
GO-TO SERENITY WORD OR PRACTICE: I say a prayer I made up
in connection with the Third Step. In it, I ask God to accept me for
that day, and to give me the direction to follow his will. It changes a
little day to day, depending on what’s on my mind.
STAYS CONNECTED TO RECOVERY BY: Giving back, helping others
and attending a weekly Twelve Step meeting.
SIMPLE PLEASURE: Playing at the beach with my two young boys.
GUILTY PLEASURE: I indulge in ice cream. I love the process of
making and then slowly enjoying the perfect sundae.
MAIN MESSAGE: I want to give back so the next person can
discover the tools to care for themselves and to ensure that quality
support is always available for those seeking help.
BEST ADVICE YOU EVER RECEIVED: Slow down, live one day at a
time, and to T.H.I.N.K. (is what I am about to say or do Thoughtful,
Helpful, Intelligent, Necessary, and Kind?)
GO-TO SERENITY WORD OR PRACTICE: “T.H.I.N.K.”
WHEN I DIE…I would like it to be known that I lived one day at a
time in peace, finding joy and happiness in the little things, always
grateful for all the good in my life, and that I did what I could to help
others see the beauty of the day.
Help celebrate Stan’s 50th sobriety anniversary and those in need of
patient aid by making your gift to the Stan Rydell patient aid fund at
hazelden.thankyou4caring.org/donation-pages/stan-rydell-patient-aid-fund
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Recovery Rocks!
Second Annual HazelFest Outdoor
Music Festival Celebrates Recovery
Treatment works! And living the recovery lifestyle is not
only possible, it’s fun! Hazelden alum Mark H. puts it this
way: “Music and the celebration around it was always
a part of my using life, and it’s hard to find sober music
venues. So I really appreciate HazelFest. It allows the fun
and celebration to continue in my life in a healthy way!”
Hazelden’s vibrant, joyful, outdoor music festival
is family-friendly and welcoming to all. Its goal is to
celebrate recovery in all means possible—from music
and dance, to delectable foods including international
cuisine, to petting zoo sessions to recovery-education
resources, Twelve Step meetings and recovery speakers.
The event is clean and sober, goes rain or shine and will
be held on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Center City campus,
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $30
at the door and children 12 and under free. Tickets may
be purchased in advance at hazelden.org/hazelfest.
Bands, Families & Food Trucks
Now in its second year, HazelFest features
entertainment by performers who have strong ties to
Hazelden and the recovery community. They use music,
story, embodied movement and mindfulness to renew
commitment, create friendships and explore deeper
ways of living—clean, sober, free and full of meaning.
This year’s acts include Communist Daughter, Davina
and the Vagabonds, Trapper Schoepp and headlining
band The Jayhawks.
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August 2, 2014
HazelFest 2014
Line Up:
• Davina and the Vagabonds
• Communist Daughter
• Trapper Schoepp
NOW ANNOUNCING HEADLINING BAND:
The Jayhawks
The event attracts more than 40 recovery-focused exhibitors selling items such
as recovery jewelry, artwork, and services for attendees. As a family-friendly event,
HazelFest offers children’s activities such as face painting, a petting zoo (though not
just for kids—this may be your chance to get in touch with your inner llama), games
and artwork. There will also be 10 unique food trucks carrying an assortment of
international menu items to satisfy even the most discriminating nosh standards.
Details and Decorum
To maximize the chances that the most people have the most and safest fun,
please meet these expectations:
• Each person brings only one lawn chair or beach blanket.
• Leave pets at home—unless certified as a service or therapy animal with valid
documentation on hand. Pets are not permitted onsite, or in the parking lot.
• Agree to have your bags and backpacks checked as you enter the gates.
• Don’t bring coolers, cans, bottles or outside food through the gates.
• Don’t use a chaise or tanning lounger or playpen; instead, use a camp
chair or stroller.
• Don’t record in video or sound any of the day’s events; it invites bad juju
because it violates artists’ intellectual property rights.
• Don’t bring skateboards, bicycles or beach games; these invite bad fractures.
• Accept that no refunds, exchanges or rain checks are given after
June 1, 2014.
2014
Upcoming Events:
Hazelden Chicago Awards Benefit
Held at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL
Upcoming Date: 05/20/2014
Women in Recovery
Hear the stories of AA’s pioneering women,
reconnect with yourself and your light, and discuss
issues that emerge for women finding a new life:
body image, boundaries, self-care, intimacy.
Location: Center City, MN
Upcoming Date: 05/30/2014
Recovery Cup Golf and Tennis Tournament
Join us in playing 18 holes or a round of tennis
at one of the highest-ranked courses in the
United States!
Location: Dellwood, MN
Upcoming Date: 06/23/2014
Springbrook Ice Cream Social
Please join us for a light-hearted evening of
fellowship, food, and fun.
Location: Newberg, OR
Upcoming Date: 07/18/2014
Coastal Recovery Retreat Weekend
Hazelden Alumni Relations invites you to a
recovery retreat weekend on the beautiful
Oregon coast. Join us for a weekend of
fellowship, fun and spiritual renewal.
Location: Newport, OR
Upcoming Date: 09/19/2014
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Celebrating Milestones
…sharing our joys and sorrows
DAVID K.
SUSIE S.
LAUREL B.
I went from a successful career with 10
years of sobriety to a relapse that lasted 10
years. The relapse spiraled down to DUIs,
loss of my license for five years, jail for one
year, and permanent disability as my dual
diagnosis left me unemployable. After eight
years on SSD I began to stabilize after being
hospitalized 31 times. With the right med
combo, complete abstinence of all alcohol
and other drugs, meetings, sponsorship,
steps, home group, therapists and
psychiatrist, I now have been sober again
for 10 years, at the top of my career, and
happy with six children. My recovery has
brought me more and more life success.
Don’t let anyone write you off, we don’t
shoot our wounded.
So many wonderful things have happened
since I left Dia Linn in 2000. About a year
after I returned home from treatment, I
entered nursing school. A few years later I
graduated with my BSN, and was #1 in my
class. I passed Boards and got a full-time
RN job in the Emergency Department of
a large regional hospital, where I remain
employed today, eight years later. During
these years my husband’s business
skyrocketed, our son graduated from high
school, college, and medical school. He
was married about 6 months ago and I
remember and cherished every moment
of his wedding. Our daughter found her
way into the rooms at 26, and she recently
celebrated a year of glorious sobriety.
My children and I have a wonderful
relationship that I could never have
imagined before July 25, 2000, when I
walked into Hazelden.
I am a Hazelden alumna. I marked my twoyear milestone of sobriety on Jan 21, 2014.
I was in treatment on the Simmons and
Lilly units, and moved on to sober living in
April of 2012 at the Holly House and Come
Straight Home, Inc. I am happy to report
that I am thriving in recovery. Thank you
Hazelden, for giving me my life back!
ROB S.
I wrote a book dealing with Twelve Steps and
I am now working on a new book. I wouldn’t
have done that if I was too busy drinking!
GARY C.
On Oct. 23 2013 I made it to three years
clean and sober!
ELIZABETH W.
I have received so much in my recovery
and I had everything removed in my life to
get this simple program!
MELANIE R.
I was an inpatient in August of 1997—and
have been clean and sober since then!
In order to tell this story I had to use the
pronoun “I,” but my thanks, praise, and all
the credit goes to the one without whom
none of this would have happened!!!!!!
My heartfelt thanks goes to Hazelden for
the lifesaving treatment I received.
ANTHONY A.
Three years ago I was at Hazelden
Oregon. Since then I have returned
to my weight of 185, 50 pounds less
than I weighed when I left. My personal
milestone is I ran the Chicago Marathon
this past year in 5 hours and 13 minutes.
Three years ago I was in a very bad state
of mind and physical wellbeing. I worked
very hard on my program, my mind, and
physical goals. I can honestly say without
Hazelden I may have not survived.
SCOTT B.
Some milestones since I left Hazelden.
• I’ve maintained sobriety.
• I have been gainfully employed in my
field since July of 2011.
• July of 2012, I met my current wife
online (she is from northern China).
• Oct of 2012, traveled to China, to
meet her in person. It was an amazing
experience.
• June of 2013 moved to Norfolk VA, after
living in MN my whole life.
• Sept of 2013, travel to Shaanxi, China to
marry the girl of my dreams.
Turns out the Promises do come true. I’ve
tried to keep the same mindset I had when
I left Jellinek. The stress management
techniques I learned while at Jellinek have
proven to be very helpful. Also trying to
follow the steps in day-to-day living has
been key to keeping me honest and open
with myself and others.
Share what milestones you are
celebrating! Send us an email at
[email protected]
hazelden.org
800-257-7800
We invite you to call us with questions.
We are available 24 hours a day.
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is the nation’s largest nonprofit treatment provider, with a legacy that began in 1949 and includes the
1982 founding of the Betty Ford Center. With 15 sites in California, Minnesota, Oregon, Illinois, New
York, Florida, Massachusetts, Colorado and Texas, the foundation offers recovery solutions nationwide
and across the entire continuum of care for youth and adults. It includes the largest recovery publishing
house in the country, a fully accredited graduate school of addiction studies, an addiction research
center, an education arm for medical professionals and a unique children’s program, and is the nation’s
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