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The Twelve Steps A Musical Tour
Shortly after Patrick became a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in 1998 he made a phone call to British Columbia’s Alkali Lake Indian Band to get information about a video he wanted to order, called “The Honor of All: The Alkali Story.” The hour-long documentary told how that community of native peoples achieved significant levels of sobriety. The sobriety movement in Alkali Lake began in 1971, when an eight-year-old child decided she could tolerate her parents’ drinking no longer. She ran away – and her mother subsequently sought help for her alcoholism through AA. This act inspired other members of the community to seek treatment and 12-Step support. Within 15 years, 95 percent of the community was sober. Since that 1998 phone call, Patrick has established a relationship with the Alkali Lake community which has deepened to the point that he spends time there every year, and band members travel to the Betty Ford Center to share their inspiring story with patients and staff and to learn more about the disease of alcohol and other drug addiction, as well as the promise of treatment and recovery. Patrick uses music as part of his therapeutic process. Click here to view a clip from this video |
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