Share Alcohol and Drug Program invites you to attend any or all of its latest education series.
The program, which and runs through January - is open to everyone in the Tri-Cities and offers important information for those who have an alcohol or drug problem or for those concerned about their use. It will help those people affected by others' use, to understand addicts and addictive behaviour.
There is no cost for this group. Topics will vary from week to week as outlined below. The format consists of a video, a brief presentation, and open discussion.
Topics are:
TONIGHT, Sept. 17: Alcohol - how dependence develops; controlled using; effects on pregnant women. Also you will learn briefly about drinking, drugs and driving.
Sept. 24: Cocaine and crystal meth - the struggle to recover, and what long-term recovery looks like.
Oct. 8: Marijuana - a second-class addiction?
Oct. 15: Heroin and other common depressants/opiates - addiction, struggle and recovery.
Oct. 22: Trauma - how substance misuse often occurs with people who have experienced childhood abuse. How these experiences may cause relapses or continued misuse.
Oct. 29: Anger - understanding your anger and learning how to manage it more effectively.
Nov. 5: Stress - learning how to cope with little and big problems without using.
These sessions run Wednesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the second floor at Share, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody. For more information, phone 604-936-3900.
'Gift economy' the topic tomorrow at the Gallery
Is it truly better to give than receive?
You can ponder that tomorrow in a talk about the "gift economy" tomorrow (Sept. 18) at the Tri-City Greendrinks meeting at the Gallery Bistro in Port Moody.
According to a Greendrinks press release, the gift economy is based on the premise that transactions involving money separate people and preempt any relationship between buyer and seller; i.e., I give you something, you give me money, end of story. But in a gift economy, I give you something and you are grateful. You start thinking about ways you can help me or, maybe, you pay the gift forward to someone else - and relationships form and communities grow.
Peter Endisch is a local environmental activist and a believer in paying it forward who is passionate about the gift economy model and is on the journey learning how to shed materialism and be truly part of the "new" economy.
The Tri-City Greendrinks session runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Gallery, located at 2411 Clarke St. in Port Moody. For more information, visit www.meetup.com/tricity-greendrinks. (And note that Greendrinks events are scent-free.)
