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Blair County Drug & Alcohol Partnerships is offering a free Be A Loving Mirror (BALM) eight-week course for those who are affected by another's Substance Use Disorder/Addiction.
The course will be taught by Stacey Karchner, a BALM family recovery life coach.
The BALM program evolved around the fact that those with Substance Use Disorder are human beings and deserving of love just as any other person is. The family can and does make a difference.
Because of the profound effect the BALM program had on Karchner'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 Karchner will be teaching is a component of the BALM program consisting of 12 lessons.
Lessons include topics such as The Crucial Role of the Family, Leverage and Boundaries, Motivational Interviewing, Enabling vs. Helping, Responding vs. Reacting, Self -Care, Mindfulness and more.
Family members find a new perspective and learn new ways of acting, being and speaking without anger and judgment, becoming the chief supporter rather than the obstacle.
The free eight-week course begins Tuesday, Aug. 15, and will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Blair County Drug & Alcohol Partnerships, 3001 Fairway Drive, Altoona.
For more information or to enroll, email skarchner9@gmail.com or call Karchner at 814-360-7590.