Nexus Recovery Center Hosted Second Women’s Forum on Teen Female Addiction at Communities Foundation of Texas

Janet Ferguson, Jan Madigan, Beverly Carroll

Nexus Recovery Center hosted their second annual Women’s Forum on Teen Female Addiction presented by the President’s Society of Nexus. The 2014 forum was entitled The Addicted Teen – Brain Disease and Implications for Families and was sponsored by AT&T, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's and CoHost Catering (The Porch). The lunch event was held at the Communities Foundation of Texas Mabel Peters Caruth Center, on October 10, 2014. The annual forum and lunch was complimentary to all guests.

Lauren Gillette, Nicole Blythe

Mrs. Becky Frey, Senior Vice President of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s was the 2014 event Chair and attendance was primarily women community and business leaders, philanthropists, politicians, chamber representatives, educators, media, and executives from Dallas and surrounding areas. 

Kristy Faus, Carol March

The Nexus team, headed by Operating Board President, Nicole Blythe and Women’s Auxiliary President Lauren Gilette, are engaging women directly about this disease.

 

Nexus ED Rebecca Crowell shares, “It’s an epidemic that has been swept under the rug for too long. The stigma attached to the disease of addiction has to change. Just like AIDS or breast cancer was not spoken of in the 1980’s, and finally found a voice in the community, we must find philanthropists, leaders and supporters who are willing to speak out about the rise of addiction to help our community at large, and offer hope to those who need it most.”

Nexus Recovery Center Hosts Education Forum on Adolescent Addiction

Nexus Recovery Center is hosting their second annual Women’s Forum on Teen Female Addiction presented by the President’s Society of Nexus.

 

The 2014 forum is entitled The Addicted Teen – Brain Disease and Implications for Families and is sponsored by AT&T, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's and CoHost Catering. The lunch event is being held at the Communities Foundation of Texas Mabel Peters Caruth Center, on October 10, 2014. Registration is at 11:30 a.m., and the program starts at 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. The forum is complimentary to all guests, and lunch is provided.

The Nexus Women’s Forum on Addiction brings to light the plight of women and young girls in Dallas, ages 13-17, who are addicted to drugs and alcohol and suffer from trauma such as physical or sexual abuse, incarceration, homelessness and abandonment—and how that is impacting our city, community and families.  

 

Introductory speakers are Rebecca Crowell, Nexus’ Executive Director and event Chair Becky Frey.  Attendance will primarily be women community and business leaders, philanthropists, politicians, chamber representatives, educators, media, and executives from Dallas and surrounding areas.

 

The feature speaker is adolescent addiction specialist David Atkinson, M.D. Dr. Atkinson is one of the country’s most highly rated doctors, specializing in addiction psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He completed medical school at the University of Texas at Houston Medical School and completed his fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.

R.S.V.P. by Oct 5 to Abi Erickson aerickson@nexusrecovery.org