SUPPORT RECOVERY NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The first aborted meeting was close to a lynching - hysteria was the order of the day. If you believe in Recovery and you can speak calmly and assure folks that they need not fear nine recovering people, then please come and support Turning Point, which, by the way, has an in impeccable record with their neighbours over many, many years.

Hi all – as you may know our meeting that was scheduled for February 19^th had to be postponed as a result of the overwhelming response to the original invitation and the lack of space to accommodate the number of neighbours and supporters that attended.

I am pleased to advise that the meeting has been rescheduled.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 4^th:

Parkgate Community Centre (3625 Banff Court)
Gymnasium

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

I look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to call me in the interim if you have any questions, thanks

Brenda L. Plant - Executive Director

Turning Point Recovery Society

10411 Odlin Road

Richmond, BC V6X 1E3

Tel: 604.303.6844 Fax: 604.303.7646

bplant@turningpointrecovery.com

SPECIAL EVENT

John Weston MP, The Orchard Recovery Center, Dr. Maire Durnin, Dr. Sandra Wiebe and the West Vancouver School District invite you to an Evening with Best Selling Author Ann Dowsett Johnston. View this email in your browser

Breaking the Silence About Alcohol and Substance Abuse   Tuesday, March 3,  from 6 - 7:30 pm

JOIN US IN The Kay Meek Studio Theatre 1700 Mathers Avenue West Vancouver *DOORS OPEN AT 5:30 PM   RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY | FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT LORINDA STRANG AT THE ORCHARD RECOVERY CENTER AT 604 9470420. RSVP

Recovering Canadians are Healthy Canadians There are more than 4 million Canadians in recovery from addiction, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities.  Best selling author, Ann Dowsett Johnston is one of them.  She takes a hard look at the stigma around the disease of addiction.  As well, she explores closing the gender gap on problematic drinking, the role of marketing, campus culture, plus socio-economic pressures influencing the way in which women drink. Her aim: to jumpstart a national dialogue on a public health challenge. John Weston, MP - West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, Sea to Sky Country John Weston, MP has spearheaded several health and substance-related initiatives, including two Private Members' Bills that became law (Tackling Crystal Meth and Ecstasy; National Health & Fitness Day).  He co-chairs the Conservative Caucus on Combating Substance Abuse and is heavily involved in efforts to deal with prescription drug abuse and to promote recovery from substance abuse.   Dr. Maire Durnin, MD, PhD, Msc, BA(Mod), CCFP (c) ISAM, ABAM, MRO Dr. Maire Durnin has been in medical practice for 20 years and is certified in addiction medicine.  In addition to being an integral part of the treatment team at the Orchard Recovery Center, Dr. Durnin is an advocate for continuing education and de-stigmatizing the disease of addiction in our community. About the Speaker Ann Dowsett Johnston is an award-winning journalist, best known as the chief architect of the Maclean's rankngs of Canadian universities. She is the bestselling author of Drink: The Initmate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol.  Winner of the Atkinson Fellowship on Public Policy, Dowsett Johnston is also  the founder of the National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol and a founding director of Faces and Voices of Recovery Canada. She is currently CEO of Pine River Foundation. Other Proud Partners of the Event: West Vancouver School District The Orchard Recovery Center, Bowen Island Dr. Sandra Wiebe, Family Physician, North Shore

THAT LITTLE PILL AIN'T SO MAGIC

Dr. Ray Baker has contributed this choice piece from Scientific American questioning the full value of pills that "cure" addictions.

NIMBY IN NORTH VAN

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES AT TURNING POINT, WHO ARE ABOUT TO OPEN A NEW RECOVERY CENTRE IN NORTH VANCOUVER AND ARE FACING LOCAL OPPOSITION.

Turning Point has been a major and thorough contributor to treatment and recovery in B.C. for many years. I have never heard of one untoward incident springing from their residences.

Folks in the proposed new North Van neighbourhood are understandably jittery, because they hear "drug addict or alcoholic" and panic.

Here is a recent email from Executive Director Brenda Plant:

Parkgate Community Centre on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. - See more at: http://www.nsnews.com/news/neighbours-oppose-new-group-home-1.1762947#sthash.BPkh3sXx.dpuf

Parkgate Community Centre on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. - See more at: http://www.nsnews.com/news/neighbours-oppose-new-group-home-1.1762947#sthash.BPkh3sXx.dpuf

Parkgate Community Centre on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. - See more at: http://www.nsnews.com/news/neighbours-oppose-new-group-home-1.1762947#sthash.BPkh3sXx.dpuf

On another front, not sure if you’ve been following the news lately, but if there are North Shore residents in the Network that might be able to come out and support us next week, we’d be very grateful. Please see attached and below, thanks.

http://www.theprovince.com/health/North+neighbourhood+arms+over+plans+recovery+house/10809427/story.html

http://www.nsnews.com/news/neighbours-oppose-new-group-home-1.1762947

The public meeting will be held this Thursday, February 19th at Parkgate Community Centre (3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver) at 6:30.

Let's be there and support Recovery.

 

HERE ARE SOME REAL FACES & VOICES

SMALL BUT IMPORTANT HISTORY MADE

On January 27th and 28th,  fifty of Canada's leading experts in the field of addiction recovery, treatment, medicine, education and research came together in Ottawa for the first National Summit on Addiction Recovery.   Their aim was to create and present a collective vision of recovery in Canada.  

At 10am on January 28th, the group reached consensus.

The attached document outlines that consensus.

I want to thank Minister Rona Ambrose and all of the staff of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse for supporting Recovery and all that work to achieve it.

http://www.ccsa.ca/Resource%20Library/CCSA-National-Summit-Addiction-Recovery-Backgrounder-2015-en.pdf

Marshall Smith


Director, Corporate Development &
Community Relations

Cedars at Cobble Hill
3741 Holland Ave
Cobble Hill BC