BC3 seeks to help fight opioid addiction
Butler County Community College this week announced a new initiative intended to educate the community and help combat opioid addiction.
The new initiative, “Reset Your Brain,” includes a program next month, a series of classes in the spring and the formation of a 15-member advisory team.
The college has partnered with Steve Treu of Cranberry Township, a therapist and author, who published two books in 2016 drawing from 15 years of counseling.
About 75 percent of Treu's clients have opioid addictions, according to a news release, and he has developed a methodology that incorporates physical, mental or spiritual skills that trigger the brain's reproduction of endorphins and create “a natural high” through activities such as yoga, art and pet ownership.
The initiative will kick off with the free program, “Reset Your Brain: A Revolutionary Approach to Opioid Addiction & Recovery,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Succop Theater.
Speakers will include Treu and Shannon Gaiser, a former heroin-addict and counselor at Quantum Revolution.
A full story appears in the Butler Eagle.
