Advisory Committee

  • Catherine Barden, CPS

    Assistant Director,
    Community Support Madison Youth and Family Services

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  • Elizabeth Fitzgerald, BSHCA, BSHIM, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CRC

    Medical Audit Educator
    Hartford HealthCare

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  • Christine Gagnon

    Southington Steps Board Member

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  • Brian O’Keefe

    Community Outreach Specialist
    Drug Enforcement Administration

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  • Robert Lawlor, Jr., MS-ADPP, MS, BSCJ

    Drug Intelligence Officer – Connecticut Office of National Drug Control Policy – HIDTA

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  • Jyl Lozier-Oman, LCSW

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker

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  • William Outlaw

    Author

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  • David Zannelli

    Assistant Chief of Police
    New Haven, CT

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MYTH:

Addicts have to hit rock bottom before they can get better.

FACT:

Recovery can begin at any point in the addiction process—and the earlier, the better. The longer drug abuse continues, the stronger the addiction becomes and the harder it is to treat. Do not wait to intervene until the addict has lost it all.

Source: CT Department of Public Health