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WILLIAMSPORT -- West Branch Drug & Alcohol Abuse Commission is offering a free eight week in-person transformational course for residents of Lycoming and Clinton County affected by another's substance use or addiction.
The course will be taught by BALM Family Recovery Life Coach, Stacey Karchner.
BALM evolved around the fact that those with substance use disorders are human beings and deserving of love just as any other person.
The role of the family is crucial. Research shows when the family gets well, the loved one has a much better chance at getting and staying well themself.
The brains of those with addiction are hijacked by a drug (believing it is needed to survive), and in turn, the family's brains are hijacked into believing they can control or fix the issue, and they often become obsessed with the outcome.
Most family members are at their wits end and do not know what to do. That is where Stacey and the BALM course come in to help.
The family needs just as much, if not more, recovery than the loved one.
Because of the profound effect the BALM had on Stacey's journey, she took intense training to
become a BALM Family Recovery Life Coach and help other families get to the BALM sooner
than she got to it.
The course Stacey will be teaching is a component of the year BALM program and consists of 12 lessons. Lessons include topics such as The Crucial Role of The Family, Boundaries and Leverage, Motivational Interviewing, Enabling vs Helping, Mindfulness and Responding vs Reacting.
Family members find a new perspective and learn all new ways of acting, being and speaking without the anger and judgement, becoming the chief supporter rather than the obstacle.
The free course starts May 22 and will be held from 5:45-8 p.m. every Thursday at the West Branch D&A office, 213 W. Fourth St, Williamsport, PA.
Enroll by emailing skarchner9@gmail.com or call 814-360-7590 and begin to make a difference.