Name your poison: Addiction expert in Courtenay
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 2:26 PM
By Jennifer Faerber
Courtenay
Cellphones, gaming, the internet, work, eating, shopping, gambling, sex, alcohol and drugs. Summer is a season of excess and a Vancouver Island addictions expert says we're perfectly primed.
"We are a society of instant gratification and that's really where addiction lives. I want what I want, and I want it now," says Lorelie Rozzano, an author, former addict and now family counselor at Nanaimo's Edgewood Treatment Centre.
She says BC is the only province that medically recognizes addiction as a treatable condition, saying it's time for communities to recognize that, too.
"Millions and millions of people - thousands of people in Courtenay I'm sure - are living in recovery," Rozzano said. "Lots of times you don't know that, but once on the other side of this illness, mot folk go on to really give back to their communities in a very supportive way, and give back to their families, and live very successfully."
Rozzano will be at the Courtenay Library Branch on Saturday, July 13th from 2 - 3 p.m. to launch the first in the series, "Jagged Little Edges". The topic is about addiction - and hope. She will be on hand to talk about her book of the same name, and more importantly, she wants to have a conversation with people about addiction and how it affects us and our community.
"Simply put, addiction requires an enabling system. So if we can educate and support the families, communities, the person themselves, we have really started to move into a place of transparency and education, really promoting wellness and health," Rozzano explained.
"The more we talk, the more we help the person dealing with addictions, as well as the family, friends and co-workers."
"We are a society of instant gratification and that's really where addiction lives. I want what I want, and I want it now," says Lorelie Rozzano, an author, former addict and now family counselor at Nanaimo's Edgewood Treatment Centre.
She says BC is the only province that medically recognizes addiction as a treatable condition, saying it's time for communities to recognize that, too.
"Millions and millions of people - thousands of people in Courtenay I'm sure - are living in recovery," Rozzano said. "Lots of times you don't know that, but once on the other side of this illness, mot folk go on to really give back to their communities in a very supportive way, and give back to their families, and live very successfully."
Rozzano will be at the Courtenay Library Branch on Saturday, July 13th from 2 - 3 p.m. to launch the first in the series, "Jagged Little Edges". The topic is about addiction - and hope. She will be on hand to talk about her book of the same name, and more importantly, she wants to have a conversation with people about addiction and how it affects us and our community.
"Simply put, addiction requires an enabling system. So if we can educate and support the families, communities, the person themselves, we have really started to move into a place of transparency and education, really promoting wellness and health," Rozzano explained.
"The more we talk, the more we help the person dealing with addictions, as well as the family, friends and co-workers."
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