Saturday, September 22, 2018

REALITY OF RECOVERY features Red Wings' Ken Daniels


Longtime Detroit Red Wings play-by-play broadcaster Ken Daniels will be the featured speaker during the Community Care Services third annual Reality of Recovery ceremonies September 24 at the Heinz Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center on the Downriver campus of Wayne County Community College.

The program will run from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free.


Daniels lost his son, Jamie, to an overdose in 2016. He will share his son's hard-fought battle with addiction in an effort to end the stigma that often prevents people from getting the help they need. Daniels and his family established the Jamie Daniels Foundation in honor of his late son to support individuals and families who are struggling with addiction by providing the education, resources, professional guidance and financial support they need to make recovery possible.

Other speakers will include Judge Linda Davis and Ty Guthrie. Judge Davis will share her insights into Michigan’s opioid epidemic. Judge Davis is founder and president of Families Against Narcotics (FAN), and was appointed by Governor Snyder as chairperson of the Michigan Prescription Drug and Opioid Task Force. Guthrie is the program director for Touchstone Recovery Homes. He began his own recovery journey in a Touchstone home in August 2010 after battling heroin addiction and homelessness for over 15 years. In 2012 he received certification as a peer recovery coach and is now overseeing four homes with 40 men in Monroe County.


Other high points of the evening will include recovery resource tables, presentation of inaugural “CARE Hero Award” to the Lincoln Park Police Department and an audience question-and-answer session with panelists.


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