Dear Friend,

You are getting this email because you have an interest in Recovery
Issues.

Nancy Olson  (former staff to Senator Hughes and expert historian on AA
history)  will be speaking at a conference on 4/15/04 in Baltimore.

Her two presentations will include:

Morning Plenary :  Nancy Olson  - The Politics of Alcoholism
(Book Signing to Follow)

Afternoon Workshop :  Authors of the AA Big Book: Who were they and
what do we know about them

The conference information is below.

Hope to see you there!
Please pass it on.

Rob White
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NCADD - Maryland Tuerk Conference

"Double Jeopardy: Addiction and Depression"

 Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Keynote Speaker: Claudia Black, PhD

Cost: $80.00 (includes 6 CEus/CMEs & Lunch)

Average Attendance: 1,000

  This year's conference, sponsored by the National Council on
Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - Maryland Chapter, (Co-sponsored by UMMS
and Med Chi) will feature Claudia Black, PhD as the Keynote Speaker.
Dr. Black is a renowned lecturer, author and trainer internationally
recognized for her work with family systems and addictive disorders.
Since the mid 1970's, Dr. Black's work has encompassed the impact of
addiction on young and adult children.  She has offered models of
intervention and treatment related to family violence, multi-addictions,
relapse, anger, depression and women's issues.  She authors books,
interactive journals, and creates and produces educational videos for
use with both the addicted client and families affected by addiction.
Since 1998, she has been the primary Clinical Consultant of Addictive
Disorders for the Meadows Institute and Treatment Center in Wickenburg,
Arizona.  Workshop Titles Include: Depression and Addiction; History of
Alcoholism; Relapse Issues; Adult Children of Alcoholics; Psychotropic
Medications; Advocacy; Women, Work and Recovery; Substance Abuse
Management; Gay and Lesbian Addiction Treatment; Anxiety and Addiction;
Treating Borderline Patients; and Chronic Mental Illness and Addiction.


 Full-Day Cost

Early Registration:                                     Postmarked by
March 5, 2004                         $80.00            General
Registration:                                 Postmarked March 6 - April
2, 2004                 $90.00                                    Early
Student Registration:                         Postmarked by March 5,
2004                         $40.00            General Student
Registration:                     Postmarked March 6 - April 2, 2004
            $50.00


                  (Proof of full-time student status must accompany
registration.)

On-Site Registration:

After April 2nd, only walk-in registrations will be accepted at the
cost of $120.00.

 Please note that lunch cannot be guaranteed for these registrations.

The registration fee includes the NCADD-MD Awards Luncheon, handouts,
and continuing education credits.  Please note that parking is not
included.

 For More Information or to Register:

 Please contact NCADD - Maryland at 410-625-6482.

Additional information, including on-line registration, is available at
our website

 www.NCADDMaryland.org