Denise Bertin-Epp, President of Brighton Hospital, a nationally recognized Alcohol and Substance Abuse treatment program, introduces Ed Pappas, Esq. President of the State Bar of Michigan and Janet Welch, the Bar’s Executive Director. This presentation was part of a collaborative educational program for attorneys, judges and law students presented by the Michigan Bar and Brighton [...]
www.BrightonHospital.org A middle-aged Brighton Hospital patient describes her alcohol addiction problems and her path to recovery with the help of the drug treatment program’s counselors and staff. Brighton Hospital is the second oldest alcohol and chemical dependency treatment provider in the country and the first to be licensed in Michigan. A national leader in addiction [...]
www.BrightonHospital.org Maryanne, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) person in a major industry, talks with Larry Grezak of Brighton Hospital in Michigan. Larry is an outreach specialist and is a veteran EAP person himself. Maryanne discusses the benefits to both employee and employer of participation in Employee Assistance Programs for confidential support with drug and alcohol [...]
Mike Burke came from a family of prominent lawyers before becoming a powerful attorney himself. He also came from a strong Irish-American family who were heavy drinkers. Mike Burke is an alcoholic and a compulsive gambler. This is called cross addiction. He found his new addiction to gambling shortly after a trip to Las Vegas. [...]
www.BrightonHospital.org A young patient describes his stay at Brighton Hospital’s Henderson House, part of the drug treatment clinic. He gives an overview of his treatment experiences at the clinic. Brighton Hospital is the second oldest alcohol and chemical dependency rehab clinic in the country and the first to be licensed in Michigan. A national leader [...]
A young woman has a brush with death in a coma induced by her heroin addiction. She started in an affluent suburban high school taking pain killers, oxycontin and then graduating to heroin. Her high school peers, in one of the wealthiest suburbs in the nation, find heroin use common, widespread, and “almost normal.” She [...]
www.BrightonHospital.org Two alcoholic alumni of Brighton Hospital in Michigan, a woman celebrating 30 years of recovery, and a man with 31 years, celebrate their time in the alcohol treatment program at Brighton Hospital in Michigan. Thebest drug and alcohol addiction help is what Brighton is all about. Brighton Hospital is the second oldest alcohol treatment [...]
A grateful practicing attorney describes how Brighton Hospital saved his life after his habit of drinking Absolut put in at risk for life, limb, career and marriage. Many attorneys seek help from Brighton Hospital, via the LJAP (Lawyers and Judges Assistance Program) at Brighton Hospital in conjunction with the State Bar of Michigan. While lawyers [...]
Debra Jay is the author of No More Letting Go, The Spirituality of Taking Action Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. (Bantam, 2006) Ms. Jay is co-author of Love First and Aging and Addiction. She is also a trustee of Brighton Hospital in Michigan, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected Drug Treatment centers. In [...]
Laura, an RN at Brighton Hospital, Michigan, discusses an alternate nursing career path in addiction nursing at one of America’s oldest and most highly reputed addiction treatment facilties. Laura has received her CARN (Certified Addiction RN) certification while employed at Brighton Hospital. Brighton has the highest percentage of CARN certified nurses in any US hospital. [...]