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SUMMARY:From Junkie to Judge: Recovery Without God
DESCRIPTION:Our guest speaker\, Mary Beth O’Connor\, will describe her long history of injecting methamphetamine. She will describe how she responded when her rehab ordered her to comply with the God-based approach of Alcoholics Anonymous and how she built a secular recovery program. Ms. O’Connor then will provide an overview of substance use disorder and treatment options. This will include six peer support groups and a study comparing the efficacy of several of them. She will explain the benefits of building a personalized recovery program and the obstacles to doing so. Ms. O’Connor will provide recovery resources and take questions. \nIn her memoir\, “From Junkie to Judge: One Woman’s Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction\,” Ms. O’Connor shares her three-phase journey. The abuse and trauma that drove her to shoot methamphetamine at 17\, the chaos from her addiction\, and how she developed a personalized recovery plan\, without a higher power\, that led to twenty-nine years of sobriety thus far. \nMs. O’Connor is a Board Member for She Recovers Foundation and a Director for LifeRing Secular Recovery.  She regularly speaks on behalf of these organizations and about multiple and secular paths to recovery.  She had an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal\, “I Beat Addiction without God\,” and one in Recovery Today\, “How I Attained 28 Years Sobriety by Rejecting my Rehab’s Submit to AA Order.” \nProfessionally\, 6 years into recovery\, Ms. O’Connor attended Berkeley Law. She worked at a large firm\, then litigated class actions for the federal government. In 2014 she was appointed a federal Administrative Law Judge from which position she retired in 2020. \n  \nThis program will be presented via a Zoom session. You do not need a Zoom account to “attend” this virtual meeting.  If you would like to be a participant in the meeting\, please email us at info@ehstnc.org and provide your first and last name in your request.
URL:https://ehstnc.org/event/from-junkie-to-judge-recovery-without-god/
LOCATION:Virtual Program using Zoom
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