A symposium dedicated to helping people gain answers to their questions about effective treatment and recovery through presentations and information tables.

8:00 - 8:30Check in/Networking

8:30 - 9:15Introduction: What the landscape in NW Montana is for TREATMENT & recovery – ALLIANCE FOR A DRUG FREE FLATHEAD

9:15 -10:00What is MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT & Why is it important in the opiate addictions TREATMENT - Dr ROBERT Sherrick

10:00 -10:15Break

10:15 -11:45Panel of IN PATIENT TREATMENT Providers (Rimrock, Rocky Mountain, Recovery Center

11:45 -12:30Lunch

12:30- 1:00 CREATING A DRUG FREE HOME (AND WHAT TO BE AWARE OF) with Officer Clarke

1:00 - 2:00Drug Court and how it ASSISTS People TO GET Treatment - Judge Brenda Desmond

2:00 - 3:00NAMI/LAC How Parents CAN advocate for families - Colleen Konopatski, Julie Doyle

3:00 - 4:00Support Groups (AA, NA, SMART Recovery)

4:00 - 5:00Recovery is real: all the questions you want to know but were afraid to ask. This panel of people in sustained recovery will answer questions about how they got into recovery; what was helpful; and what keeps them motivated each day.