Agenda:
8:00am-8:30am: Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:30am-8:40am: Announcements
8:40am-10:00am:
- Education on Addiction and how it impacts the individual, family, friends, etc.
- The recovery process
- The Peer Response Team that is ran by Solutions Recovery
- The "We Heart You" App that is a resource that can be utilized by those struggling with addiction and family/friends
About Our Speaker:
Mary Drephal is the Operations Director for Solutions Recovery Inc, a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive recovery services for individuals struggling with substance use disorder. She is also a certified recovery coach who is passionate about helping others achieve and maintain sobriety.
As the Operations Director Mary oversees the Sober Recovery Center, a facility that offers certified recovery coaches, education and 12 step meeting support for people in recovery, manages the center's employees, volunteers, community service workers and contracts In addition she oversees the maintenance of 8 of Solutions' sober living properties. These properties provide safe and supportive housing for people in recovery .
Mary has been living a life in recovery and free from substances since May 2011 and received her Recovery Coach Certificate from the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) in 2019.