The opioid epidemic continues to be a community-wide problem and Butler County Community College is doing its part to help in the fight.
BC3 has created a program called “Reset Your Brain.” Four classes will be held this month to educate those in opioid recovery, family or friends of those that suffer from opioid addiction, support group personnel, treatment providers, educators and concerned family members.
The classes will be held on Monday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The classes are free. Registration is available here.
“The opioid initiative became part of our strategic plan at BC3,” Tracy Hack, BC3’s community leadership initiatives coordinator, said. “We want to really help people struggling with addiction and in the long run, build a better Butler.”
The classes will surround a curriculum taught by Cranberry Township therapist Steve Treu and based on his 2016 book “Hope is Dope.” According to Treu, brains can become out of balance.
“Most people- when they’re born- have a brain that’s set and then during their lifetime, things change and the brain changes and it gets to a point where it’s not functioning very well,” Treu said. “That’s what happens in addiction and especially in opioid dependence…brains become out of balance. The concept of resetting one’s brain is to get it back working again.”
These classes are an objective incorporated into the college’s five-year strategic plan under a theme that focuses, in part, on quality of life.
Written By: Ryan Saeler for the Butler Radio Network
