TWO SEPTEMBER EVENTS

RECOVERY DAY VANCOUVER 2015 hits the bricks on Sunday, September 20, 2015.

The time is noon to 3 pm.

The location is the Queen Elizabeth Theater plaza at Georgia and Hamilton.

And it's all about celebrating recovery from addictions of all kinds. People in recovery, friends, family and the curious will all be there with music, stories, dancing and great conversation. Heck, you might even save a life or two.



A few days later, local therapist and author, Candace Plattor

 will be holding a LOVING AN ADDICT, LOVING YOURSELF workshop.

Here are the details:

Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: Stop Feeling Powerless, Let Go of the Guesswork, and Do What REALLY Works!

Is your life in chaos because of an addicted loved one? Are you putting your own needs on the back burner in desperate attempts to help the addict in your life?

There is a way out of the cycle of chaos!

Join Candace Plattor, M.A. and Cait Saul as they present a weekend workshop on September 25-26^th for family and other loved ones affected by addiction:

Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: Stop Feeling Powerless, Let Go of the Guesswork, and Do What REALLY Works!

Attendance is limited and Early Bird pricing is in effect until September 10^th, so be sure to sign up soon.  For more information or to register, click here:

http://candaceplattor.com/workshop-for-loved-ones/

 

Pot is Peanuts...look at Opioids and Big Pharma

While marijuana and its new storefronts gather the most headlines these days, the real addiction crisis is in prescription 'medicines,' especially opioids.

The numbers are staggering - 22 million scripts in Canada this year.

Big Pharma is a runaway evil and no one that we can see is doing a single thing to rein in the excesses of marketing, advertising and give-aways to doctors practiced by these licensed dope dealers.

Meanwhile, those of us on the front lines of recovery work continue to pick up the pieces - the young and middle-aged doctor-assisted, Pharma-seduced addicts.

Read the full tale here and weep.

Then challenge those fools running for office in the fall.