Hope is Dope
Join us as we discover a revolutionary approach to the understanding, treatment, and
successful recovery of substance-use disorders, addictions, and mental health issues. Hope is Dope offers a fresh and optimistic approach to healing.
Using the latest neuroscience and easily understood analogies from the texts 鈥淗ope
is Dope: Achieving Chemical Balance鈥� and 鈥淣ew Eyes: A Unifying Vision of Science &
Spirituality鈥� by author and licensed professional counselor Steve Treu, our classes
offer insights into healing brain chemistry while providing actionable steps anyone
can take for a clear pathway to recovery.
Hope is Dope: Community Series
This Community Series is free and open to the public. This class explores the concepts
of addiction and recovery as described in the book Hope is Dope: Achieving Chemical
Balance by author and Licensed Professional Counselor Steve Treu. Topics include:
- Regulating endorphins and dopamine
- Beliefs, Habits, & Neuroplasticity
- Spirituality & Recovery
Class Descriptions
Everything one needs to succeed in recovery can be found within themselves. What鈥檚
happening inside the brain of someone who is using drugs or alcohol? It isn鈥檛 the
substance that makes them feel different, it鈥檚 their very own neurotransmitters. Drugs
only amplify how these neurotransmitters can make someone feel. This is why we call
the brain a 鈥減harmacy鈥�. These transmitters, also known as endorphins, dopamine, and
serotonin, amongst others, help create our sense of well-being, contentment, excitement,
motivation and joy. But drugs eventually hijack these important neurochemicals and
make one鈥檚 ability to create them naturally extremely difficult, if not impossible.
That is how addiction begins.
We all take unique pathways along the journey of life, but our destination is the
same. The same can be said to be true of recovery. There are many different recovery
methods one may choose and different individual goals they may have. Rather than think
one method is superior, studies show that meeting an individual where they are at
and working with their own personal goals is more helpful than any one single approach.
Neuroscience tells us a lot about the nature of healing and how emotions affect our
decisions, but even science lessons from quantum physicists, and scientist who studied
the nature of reality, like Albert Einstein, can reveal to us ideas that can have
a profound impact on our perception.
Healing is more about embracing the good habits than it is about avoiding the negative
ones. With persistence, and overtime, the balance begins to shift towards health.
Within each part of the holistic approach to recovery (mind, body, spirit) there are
many techniques and habits one can use to increase the body鈥檚 ability to make those
feel-good neurochemical like endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin again, without the
use of drugs or alcohol. Equally important in recovery is having a safe space with
support from either friends, family, or community in which the most important aspect
of this support is the belief that someone can succeed.
Professional Training: Hope is Dope
Available in person or online. This free 3-part series is open to all professionals.
This training provides 6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for social workers, nurses,
counselors, certified recovery specialists, educators and HR personnel. Based on the book Hope is Dope: Achieving Chemical Balance by author and licensed
professional counselor Steve Treu, this eye-opening class details how substance misuse
changes brain chemistry, leading to addiction, and how to effectively heal these changes
using the latest neuroscience on optimizing brain health.
Hope Nights
Free & Open to the Public
Hope Nights are free events open to the public held from March through December, which
are aimed at bringing those in recovery and those supportive of recovery together
for an evening of fun.
View Hope Nights Schedule
Instructor: Steve Treu
Licensed Professional Counselor and of author of: Hope is Dope and New Eyes and Quantum Revolution Counseling
Community Collaborators
杏吧原创 would like to thank the following collaborators that support 鈥淩eset Your Brain:
Opioid Initiative:
- Ellen O'Brien Gaiser Center
- Alliance for Nonprofit Resources
- Veterans Overwatch Foundation
- Butler Art Center and Gallery
- Butler Family YMCA
- Bethel Life Ministries/Life Center
Have questions? Contact us!