Spring 2013 Volume 18, Issue 1 Treating Addiction, Transforming Lives

Meet Our ExpertsMeet Our Experts

Dear Friends and Fellow Travelers,

Hazelden strives to be at the forefront of the addiction field.

Why? We have unparalleled talent and knowledge on the many

important issues facing the addiction and recovery community,

and sharing that expertise with others in the field is of the utmost

importance so we can help more people find freedom from

addiction.

The high-quality professionals on our staff provide expertise that

is practical, pragmatic, and applicable. Our experts are current

and up-to-speed with the subjects that matter now:

• There’s an opioid epidemic, and we’re taking the most effective,

research-based actions to combat it.

• Our young people are facing an ever more daunting gauntlet

that includes mental health disorders and synthetic substances,

and we’re working with families to intervene early.

• Headlines scream about treatment centers that are staffed by

unqualified, undertrained employees, and our graduate school

serves as a think tank of expert counselors skilled in effective

and culturally competent treatment.

• The 5.2 million Americans 65 and older are being joined by

another 10,000 baby boomers each day, a milestone birthday

that signals retirement age as well as an increase in the

occurrence of physical and mental ailments such as

Alzheimer’s disease. We’re working to raise awareness and

decrease stigma.

The problems, friends, are big. And that’s why Hazelden’s

ambitions are even bigger—because we see a day when all who

seek recovery will find it.

Mark G. Mishek President and CEO

Practical, pragmatic, and applicable

Contents

4 Facing the Challenges of Today: Meet Hazelden’s Experts

6 The Opioid Epidemic

8 Generational Forgetting and Effective Treatment

10 Baby Boomers, Retirement, and Addiction

12 Meeting the Needs of a Plurality Nation

14 Slogans and Self-Talk for Recovering People

15 Alumni Roundup

16 HazelFest: Recovery Rocks

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PRESIDENT Mark G. Mishek

EDITOR Samantha Moy-Gottfried

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Hazelden News Bulletin Board

Using technology to reach more young people

Last fall, Hazelden

acquired

MyStudentBody, the

most comprehensive

online alcohol and drug education

program for college students,

from Inflexxion, Inc. This dynamic,

interactive program takes an

evidence-based approach to reducing

the risk of alcohol and other drug

abuse and sexual violence on college

campuses.

“Hazelden is well suited to address

the unique needs of young adults with

a solution that can help them to live

their best lives possible,” says Nick

Motu, publisher and vice president

of marketing and communications

at Hazelden. “We now offer proven-

effective resources for students in

kindergarten through college and into

young adulthood.”

Hazelden has also partnered with

Inflexxion to develop a new program

for adolescents in substance abuse

treatment. The program will reinforce

the skills and philosophies they

learn in treatment through online

interactive exercises, writing activities,

and access to a supportive, online

community. The program will be

available to adolescents during and

after treatment to help them navigate

challenges during early recovery.

Visit hazelden.org/voice to learn more.

Hazelden welcomes newest addition: Beaverton, OregonIn March, Hazelden marked the official opening of its campus in Beaverton, Oregon, with a ribbon-

cutting ceremony. Attendees toured the new facility and visited with the Beaverton team, board

members, alumni, friends, and staff representing U.S. senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. representative

Suzanne Bonamici. The founding partners of the facility (formerly known as HealthWorks NW),

Drs. Paul Conti and Andrew Mendenhall, spoke during the event, as did Mark Mishek, Hazelden’s

president and CEO, and Pat Gordon-Rice, director of outpatient services.

Clinical pastoral training resumes at HazeldenTwenty years after the end of Hazelden’s Clergy Training Program, Hazelden has reentered the field of

clergy and seminary education with internships in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Hazelden left the

field originally due to lack of funding.

The CPE internships are part of its program in Community and Social Justice Ministries, sponsored

by the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. The GMCC employs the CPE supervisor, who

meets with two students once a week for an all-day CPE supervision group. Students do their clinical

internships two days a week on the units at Hazelden in Center City under the clinical instruction and

supervision of John MacDougall, director of spiritual guidance, and Debra Berg, supervisor of spiritual

care.

For Hazelden, the cost is $7,000 per quarter for the two interns, which covers program support. The

program is donor-supported through 2013.

“Our hope is to eventually fund a full year of residency with two stipended residencies,” says

MacDougall. “This would allow the resident time to more fully learn and contribute to the patient

experience at Hazelden.”

Anyone interested in financially supporting the expansion of the cPe program is invited to contact

Lori Nelson from Hazelden’s office of Philanthropy at 888-535-9485.

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Facing the Challenges of Today

Meet Hazelden’s ExpertsHazelden has been helping people find freedom from addiction

for more than 60 years. In many ways, addiction today is exactly as it was back in the 1940s—yet a number of pressing concerns are unique to 2013. We explore these issues and talk to some of

Hazelden’s key players leading the charge against them.Written by Jeremiah Gardner, Samantha Moy-Gottfried, and Deborah Stull-Kinsley

Photo illustration by Stormi Greener4 Voice Spring 2013 hazelden.org

Over the course of more than a decade, medical guidelines regarding chronic pain combined with patient expectations have led to a dramatic increase in the number of opioids prescribed to treat pain in this country. Today, Americans make up 4.6 percent of the world’s population but consume 80 percent of the global opioid supply, including 99 percent of the hydrocodone.1-3

OpioidEPIDEMIC

The

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Marvin D. Seppala, MD, is chief medical officer at Hazelden. His vision helped bring the innovative treatment programming for opioid dependence to Hazelden.

• As a young high school dropout fresh

out of treatment and in the midst of

a relapse, Seppala applied and was

rejected for a janitor position at the

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota;

two weeks later, he was hired as a

cardiovascular research lab technician.

• Thanks to tutoring from his high school

teachers, Seppala acquired his GED,

attended college, and eventually went

on to earn his doctor of medicine degree

at Mayo Medical School. He served his

residency in psychiatry and a fellowship

in addiction at the University of Minnesota

Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis.

• Early in his career, he witnessed just

how prevalent the combination of

addiction and psychiatric illness is and

how one undermines the other. At a

time when co-occurring diagnoses were

uncommon, he says, “I’d be on opposite

ends, depending on the setting: In psych

settings, I’d have to argue for addiction

treatment and the Twelve Steps, and in

addiction treatment settings, I’d have to

argue for psychiatric care.”

Elevated access to prescription opioids has resulted in a dramatic

increase in opioid addiction and deaths by overdose. And for many,

the path from medicine bottle to heroin needle is swift. Users find that,

as their prescription supplies dry up and their doctor-shopping options

run out, heroin becomes the cheaper and more available alternative.

Hazelden facilities have seen a growing number of patients seeking

treatment for opioid addiction. At our largest campus in Center City,

Minnesota, for example, adults seeking treatment for opioid addiction

rose from 19 percent of patients in 2001 to 30 percent in 2011. A

more dramatic jump was seen at Hazelden’s facility for adolescents

and young adults in Plymouth, Minnesota—from 15 percent of

patients in 2001 to 50 percent in 2012.

The impact on young people is especially troubling. Because our brains

are not fully developed until our mid-20s, early exposure to opioids can

cause permanent neurological changes and behavioral consequences.

Hazelden’s response

To give our patients the best chance of long-term recovery from

opioid addiction, Hazelden has enhanced its treatment programming

to include new pathways for those with opioid dependence. The

programming includes alterations to traditional group therapy and

lectures. It also includes the option of extended, adjunctive medication-

assisted treatment as a means to bring people to a stable, Twelve Step–

based recovery lifestyle and ultimately abstinence from opioids.

The aim is to engage patients for a long enough period of time to allow

them to complete treatment, acquire new information, establish new

relationships, and become solidly involved in recovery. The goal is

always abstinence.

Learn more at hazelden.org/voice.

1 Manchikanti, L. (2006). “Prescription drug abuse: What is being done to address this new drug epidemic? Testimony before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources.” Pain Physician, 9:287-321.

2 Califano, J. A. (2007). “High society: How substance abuse ravages America and what to do about it.” New York: Perseus Publishing. Cited in National drug control policy and prescription drug abuse: Facts and fallacies by L. Manchikanti. Pain Physician, 10:399-424.

3 Kuehn, B. M. (2007). “Opioid prescriptions soar: Increase in legitimate use as well as abuse.” JAMA, 297:249-51.

Our Expert

Marvin D. Seppala, MD

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A constant cycle of new drugs creeps onto the scene while others make a comeback, like neon colors or skinny jeans. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) calls this phenomenon “generational

forgetting,” a societal condition where the knowledge of certain drugs’ adverse consequences fades among youth as generational replacement takes place.1

Generational Forgetting

EFFECTIVETREATMENT

Joseph Lee, MD, is medical director for Hazelden’s youth services and serves as the organization’s thought leader on matters related to youth, families, and young adults.

• Dr. Lee has a unique talent for communicating complex concepts in a conversational yet powerful manner. He also has a knack for connecting with the adolescents, young adults, and families in his care. “I don’t know how to be anything except just very genuine. I think kids appreciate that.”

• In his new book, Recovering My Kid: Parenting Young Adults in Treatment and Beyond, Dr. Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment and how families can create a safe and supportive environment for their loved ones during treatment and throughout their recovery.

• Dr. Lee’s first interaction with addicts was in the emergency room during his residency, where some patients were high and violent. “It was a turnoff,” he admits. “But once I experienced residential care, I saw a different side of them. I started to believe in the humanism of addiction work: that we human beings are essentially good.”

Our Expert

Joseph Lee, MD

1 Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G. and Schulenberg, J. E. (2011). The National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institutes of Health. Monitoring the Future: National results on Adolescent Drug Use. Ann Arbor, MI.

Three factors create drug trends for

youths: availability, perception of harm,

and interpretation of social, peer, and

parental messaging. Mixed messages

in society regarding drug use,

combined with a barrage of new drugs

available to teens, have left much of

today’s youth believing that chemical

use is safe.

Synthetic drugsMany of the synthetic drugs commonly

abused today were initially produced

in a lab so that researchers could

study the neurotransmitter actions the

substances caused in the brain.

These substances were never meant

for human consumption, but suppliers

began wrapping them in seductive

packaging and labeling them with

names like “blueberry spice” and K2.

Synthetic drugs can be snorted,

injected, popped under the skin,

smoked, or swallowed. There are

three varieties, along with a multitude

of analogs that help them avoid

legislation:

• Synthetic amphetamines (bath salts)

• Synthetic THC, or marijuana

(cannabinoids, made in laboratories

to mimic the effects of natural THC

found in plant marijuana)

• Synthetic hallucinogens (strong,

mood-altering substances contained

in “research chemicals”)

At Hazelden, some young people enter

treatment for synthetic drug abuse

with significant psychosis or mania

that does not lessen for a number

of weeks. The long-term effects are

unknown, but some individuals may

never completely return to their

normal selves.

Prescription pills and heroinAs cited on page 7, there has been a

significant increase in opioid abuse.

Young women are using at the same

rate as their male counterparts, a trend

not seen before. Addictive behavior

in boys is usually overt, which means

they usually get help fairly early in the

addictive process compared to girls.

Girls tend to pursue help through the

mental health system before accessing

addiction treatment.

Holistic treatment modelAccording to the Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA), 5.6 million adults in the

United States suffer from co-occurring

mental health and substance use

disorders, and more than 90 percent

of the adolescent and young adult

treatment admissions in the last four

years presented with a mental health

diagnosis such as ADHD, behavioral

disruptive disorders, depression, and

anxiety.

Hazelden has partnered with other

leaders in the fields of addiction and

mental health to advance a much-

needed model of integrated treatment.

Called Focus on Integrated Recovery,

this united effort has strengthened the

ability to treat both disorders at the

same time, and with the same team,

giving young people the best chance of

lifelong recovery so they can become

who they’re meant to be.

Learn more at hazelden.org/voice.

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An alarming trend is emerging among older populations in our country. A report issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) warns that aging of the baby-boom generation is leading to huge increases in addiction among adults over 50—a fact that will require double the availability of treatment services by 2020.1 According to the report, an estimated 4.3 million adults aged 50 or older used an illicit drug in the past year, and among those aged 65 or older, nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs was the number one choice.2

Brenda Iliff became the executive director of Hazelden in Naples in November 2012.

• With a background in gerontology,

chemical dependency, and

counseling, Brenda Iliff brings more

than 20 years of experience to her

role at Hazelden. “The total life

change that occurs when people get

into recovery is so black and white,”

says Iliff. “I wanted to be where

that happened, and I’ve never once

regretted that decision.”

• As a graduate student pursuing a

master’s degree in mental health

counseling, Iliff’s heart was in

addiction. “Folks would ask why

I would want to go into addiction

counseling,” she said. “There was

no choice at all in my mind, yet they

acted as if I were entering some

foreign country.”

• Iliff first joined Hazelden in 1994

and served in many different roles,

including as executive director of

Hazelden in St. Paul and clinical

director of the Women’s Recovery

Center at Hazelden in Center City,

Minnesota.

Our Expert

Brenda Iliff, MA

“We find there are other issues with older adults, especially for those in their later years, such as 70s or 80s. They are much more aware of the stigma,” says Brenda Iliff, executive director of Hazelden in Naples. “Even that one drink that people have had for years may become a concern as the body metabolizes differently and other medications are added.”

Linked with this dramatic increase is often reluctance on the part of family members to deal with the situation. It can be difficult to identify an aging parent or relative as a person in need of treatment services.

Here are a few things you can do to help someone in your life who might be suffering from addiction:

• Educate yourself about addiction: Part of understanding includes being able to distinguish between the signs of aging and those of alcohol or drug addiction. Some signs of addiction include losing interest in activities that used to bring pleasure, neglecting personal appearance, increased depression or hostility,

and drinking in spite of warning labels on prescription drugs.

• Consult a professional for evaluation: Before speaking up, it’s helpful to consult a minister, social worker, or health care professional who is knowledgeable about the needs of older adults. To prepare, make a list of medications, write a brief life history of the older adult, and summarize present conditions: How is drinking or drug use affecting his or her quality of life? What has changed?

• Get the conversation started: A respectful and nonjudgmental tone can go a long way. It’s important to avoid stigmatizing. At the same time, be direct and specific. Focus on the behavior and the concern. Avoid words like alcoholic or addict. “Mom, I’m concerned about what I see happening when you have your typical one drink at night.” If they’re not ready, or things don’t go well, don’t despair: You have planted a seed.

Learn more at hazelden.org/voice.

1 Matesa, Jennifer. (2012). “When Aging and Addiction Collide.” Retrieved March 2, 2013 from http://www.alternet.org/drugs/when-aging-and-addiction-collide.2 SAMHSA: National Survey on Drug Use and Health. (2009). Retrieved March 2, 2013 from http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/168/168OlderAdults.cfm.

A focus on womenIliff is the author of A Woman’s Guide to Recovery. “Addiction is very different in women and men,” she says. “We know that women start using for very different reasons. They progress faster, they recover differently, and they relapse differently.”

It’s a physical fact. Women have fewer enzymes in their stomach than men do, which means that women process alcohol and drugs much faster. And there are also psychological differences. Women are wired for connections, so anything that gets between a woman and her connection with others impacts the way she views her life. It’s this same connectedness, though, that makes recovery a natural for women.

On guilt. Guilt is about behavior, but shame is about core. It’s about thinking: i’m bad or i’m a horrible person—and the result can be a vicious cycle. Recent studies indicate that alcoholic women are four times more likely to attempt suicide than the general population, and the highest mortality rate for women occurs between the ages of 35–44.

There is much hope! Women are generally the central stabilizing factor in their networks: When they go down, the whole system can go down. With appropriate treatment, however, there is hope for recovery.

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As the nation ages and grows more culturally diverse, addiction counselors will increasingly find themselves face to face with clients who look and behave differently than they do. These same clients might also have markedly different belief systems. It is a reality that poses both challenges and opportunities for the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies, says Chief Academic Officer and Provost Valerie Slaymaker.

MEETING THE NEEDS OF A

PluRAlITy NATIoN

Dr. Valerie Slaymaker is the chief academic officer and provost of Hazelden’s Graduate School of Addiction Studies and serves as the executive director of Hazelden’s Butler Center for Research.

• Dr. Slaymaker discovered her calling

as a 14-year-old, when she supported

a struggling friend by accompanying

him to see the school counselor. “From

that point on, I knew I wanted to be a

psychologist,” she says. “It was amazing

to see the counselor walk alongside my

friend on the journey to a better life. It

was a beautiful process.”

• After high school, Slaymaker applied for a

clerical job at Hazelden. Instead, she was

offered kitchen work, which she turned

down, only to return more than a decade

later with a doctorate.

• Dr. Slaymaker earned her bachelor’s

degree at the University of Minnesota–

Duluth, her master’s at Minnesota State

University in Mankato, and her doctorate

at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. “I

am a major Cornhuskers football fan,”

she says. Valerie first worked at Hazelden

in 1999 as a psychologist on the Dia Linn

unit and then took a research scientist

position and joined the graduate school

faculty in 2001.

Our Expert

Valerie Slaymaker, PhD

“The effort for us is twofold—to attract more diverse populations to the counseling field and, at the same time, to educate students to approach their work with multicultural sensitivity and clinical competence,” Dr. Slaymaker says. “Expanding our enrollment to embrace greater diversity serves as one of the strategic priorities of the school.”

Census data show that, by 2060, one in five Americans will be over 65, compared with one in seven today, and, by 2043, no single racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority of Americans.1 Cultural privilege will still exist, but in terms of population, everyone will be a minority, creating a “plurality nation,” a term coined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Plurality will be achieved even sooner—within five years—among children under 18, the data show.

In the growing addiction counseling field, Hispanic, African American, and other minority groups are already underrepresented, according to most research. One study, for example, found that 85 percent of counselors were white, while only 57 percent of clients were white.2 Without aggressive diversity efforts by schools, those disparities will only grow, Dr. Slaymaker says.

Effective counselors are those who are competent working with diverse cultures, approach their patients with respect, and develop a strong therapeutic alliance, says Dr. Slaymaker. She added that counselor education programs need more students from all backgrounds to

improve multicultural awareness and promote dialogue, which, in turn, expands student worldviews. Most important, she said, is that counselors develop the knowledge, clinical skill, comfort, and sensitivity to treat others of varying backgrounds.

Today, more than 6 percent of students at the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies represent multicultural populations. About 60 percent are female, and the average age is 42.

“We take diversity very seriously,” Dr. Slaymaker says. “Our goal is to have a student body that is at least 12 percent multicultural—reflecting Minnesota’s demographics—and we have a lot of work left. But we are headed in the right direction.”

To support its strategy, the school has a multicultural association of student counselors, a multicultural scholarship, a gay-straight alliance, a diversity advisory panel that started last October, a diversity web page, and an independent consultant who periodically reviews the school’s diversity plan. The school also develops and maintains partnerships, internship placements, and service opportunities with multicultural communities and treatment programs.

“Diversity is clearly a central theme,” said student Beth Jellish. “Multicultural questions are addressed in every class, and extracurricular activities revolve around diversity issues. You can really see and feel the focus, which I appreciate.”

Learn more at hazelden.edu/voice.

1 U. S. Census Bureau. (2012). U.S. Census Bureau Projections Show a Slower Growing, Older, More Diverse Nation a Half Century from Now. Retrieved March 15, 2013 from: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-243.html.

2 Mulvey, K. P., Hubbard, S., & Hayashi, S. (2003). “A national study of the substance abuse treatment workforce.”. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 24, 51-57.

The disease of addiction makes Step

Three difficult because, if this step

were simple, we might actually do it.

I’d like to help make this step simple.

So let’s first look at what makes it

difficult.

Sometimes we want absolute proof

that God is real before taking this

step. That’s odd. I never asked for

absolute proof that Jack Daniels was

real. I never asked whether he really

still sits on a porch in Lynchburg,

Tennessee, supervising his whiskey

in 2013. I’ve never wondered

whether Captain Morgan is a real

pirate or why the navy hasn’t caught

him yet. I trusted them, and I drank.

Sometimes we get distracted with

wanting to know God or figuring out

God. That’s impossible. I can’t even

figure out my car, or my computer,

and they are made by humans. If

there really is a God, the chances

that I can figure out God are really

small. I could spend my whole lifetime

trying to figure out God and be drunk

the whole time.

If I had to understand women in order

to have a relationship with one, I would

be alone my entire life. If I have to

understand God to have a relationship

with God, I will go my whole life with

no God. I don’t need knowledge of

God; I need a relationship with God

that will restore me to sanity.

Sometimes we don’t want to take Step

Three because we are afraid of writing

God a blank check. We are afraid to

find out what God will want us to do.

The disease grabs on to our fears and

magnifies them.

As I look at Step Three, I think of my

will as my thoughts and my life as my

actions. I am asked to turn over what I

think and what I do. Here’s where the

idea of “one day at a time” is useful.

Instead of thinking of my whole life, I

think of it a day at a time. Within the

day, I think of a series of scenes, like

scenes in a play or a television drama.

The scenes unfold one at a time,

perhaps five minutes here, a half hour

there, an hour somewhere else. In

each scene there is a different cast of

characters.

To take Step Three, I simply ask myself,

in each scene, “What does God want

me to do, right now, about what is right

in front of me?” Then I do it. In the

next scene, I ask the question again:

“What does God want me to do, right

now, about what is right in front of me?”

I answer the question again, by my

actions. When I do this, one scene at

a time, all day, by the end of the day I

have turned my will and my life over to

the care of God.

Try answering the same question with

your actions, one scene at a time, and

you will be taking Step Three.

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Slogans and Self-Talk for Recovering People“We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.”

John MacDougall is the director of spiritual guidance at Hazelden in Center City. He welcomes your comments at jmacdougall@hazelden.org.

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National News• we are looking for parent and family

program alumni who are involved

in Twelve Step recovery and want

to partner with Hazelden in giving

back by being a Parent and Family

Support Network volunteer. For more

information, contact Vicki Collins at

vcollins@hazelden.org or

651-213-4715.

• Volunteer campus coordinators

help current patients learn how to

stay connected to Hazelden after

graduation, manage the speaker

calendar, and work with staff and fellow

alumni to recruit new speakers. For

more information, please contact

Vicki Collins at vcollins@hazelden.org

or 651-213-4715.

News from Oregon • Ice Cream Social, July 19, featuring

Dianne Conway, author and comedian.

For more information, contact

Patty at 503-554-4339.

News from Illinois • Due to the popularity of the Friday

7:00 p.m. alumni meeting, a second

meeting was added on Sundays at

5:30 p.m. It’s a great place to meet

other Chicago area alums and get

involved in volunteering, events, and

activities. All Hazelden alumni are

encouraged to join us at 867 Dearborn

Street. For more information, call Grant

A. at 773-406-0254.

News from New York • Alumni Speaker Meetings at Tribeca

Twelve are the first Wednesday of every

month, at 7:00 p.m. This open speaker

meeting follows a Twelve Step format

and is for anyone in recovery, as well as

family and friends.

• Alumni Planning Committee meetings

are the fourth Wednesday of each

month at 6:30 p.m. This group

coordinates the monthly speaker

meeting, plans regular alumni events,

and creates volunteer opportunities

within our Hazelden in New York

programs. All Hazelden alumni are

encouraged to join.

• New York Alumni Picnic on the

Rooftop, June 14, 6:00 p.m.–8:00

p.m. For more information, email

newyork@hazelden.org, or call

212-226-1114.

News from Minnesota • In recovery from opioids? Please

contact Lisa Reynolds at 651-213-4105

if you are willing to share your recovery

story during our evening speaker

program at Bigelow Auditorium.

• Plans are underway to start

renovating the Silkworth and Tiebout

units by the end of 2013. Alumni

from these units are invited to make

donations to help fund the project.

Please contact Lisa Reynolds at 651-

213-4105 for more information.

• Sober softball season begins in May.

Hazelden will be sponsoring two of

the 20 teams in the St. Paul Sober

Softball League.

News from Florida • Naples alumni reunion is scheduled

for October 18–19. Come celebrate

recovery milestones and renew your

spirit. For more information, visit

hazelden.org/naples.

Alumni profile: Recovering from complacencyPeggy Steldt, Hazelden alum, despises complacency—so much so that she carries the

word’s dictionary definition with her at all times. Depending on your preferred source, it

reads something like this: “self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness

of actual dangers or deficiencies” or “an instance of usually unaware or uninformed self-

satisfaction.”

Read More of Peggy’s story at hazelden.org/voice.

Hazelden AlumniOpportunities for service, education, and fellowshipVisit hazelden.org/alumni for the most updated and detailed information

Bring the whole family for the day. Tickets $10 in advance/$20 at the door. Children 12 and under are free.

Visit hazelden.org/hazelfest for a detailed schedule of events and to register online.

saturday, June 15, 2013, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. HAZELDEN’S CENTER CITY CAMPUSR E C O V E R Y S P E A K E R S GB Leighton Twelve Step meetings Communist Daughter Kristen Johnston Exhibitors | Drum circle

Face painting | Petting zoo Nicholas David will hudson Food trucks | fellowship

Join fellow alumni, friends, and family in an outdoor summer festival to celebrate the hope of recovery.

gb leighton, favorite Minnesota rocker, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Kristen Johnston, Emmy Award-winning actress, 2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Communist Daughter, popular indie band, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

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