Ending The Trends: Exposing America’s Invisible Thief

Ending The Trends: Exposing America’s Invisible Thief

James Joyner, LICDC-CS

8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Entry/Intermediate 

6 RCH’s Provider #50-17837

6 CEU Provider # RCS110677

FEE: $45

In most communities across America people are talking about and sounding the alarm regarding the “opiate epidemic” and the related death toll.  Yet this not a new concern, we have experienced similar alarms sounded in our past history for alcohol, cocaine and other drugs.  This presentation is intended to put a face on “America’s Invisible Thief” and move us away from talking about the latest drug use “consequences” to focusing on our “thinking” and what we can do as individuals, families and as a larger community to end the cycle.  

James Joyner, LICDC-CS, ICCS is a master’s level Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor Clinical Supervisor (LICDC-CS) certified by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professional Board and an Internationally Certified Clinical Supervisor (ICCS).  He has 43 years of professional experience working in the field of alcohol and other drug prevention, treatment, and training.  Mr. Joyner is founder and director of Joyner and Associates LLC which provides intervention, consultation, education and counseling services for parents and others who are concerned about a loved one’s alcohol and other drug use, misuse or addiction.  Over his career he has provided educational and consultative services for a variety of organizations, associations and institutions which include: Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, MADD of Northeastern Ohio, County Auditors’ Association of Ohio, Guardian ad Litem Project of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Ohio Chapter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.  Jim has received numerous proclamations and awards for his prevention, training and advocacy efforts including the Cuyahoga County’s Employee Red Ribbon Program Presenter Recognition (1993-2000), the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Prevention Association of Ohio (ADAPAO) Prevention Award For Excellence In Public and Organizational Policy 2003, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Exceptional Achievement Award 2005, Ohio Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors (OAADAC) Advocate of the Year Award 2008 and the Northeast Ohio Recovery Association and ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County’s Cuyahoga County Advocate Award 2013.  Mr. Joyner believes that the consequences associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs represent the single greatest negative factor on the quality of life that touches every man, woman, and child in this country today.  He further believes that through effective education, prevention, and low risk life style choices these problems can be arrested.  He is dedicated to that belief.