JM4C Director Jane Golberg sits down with Jenny Hallett, a JM4C Board Member and a strong advocate for alcohol policy. Jenny shares her mission in life to help people avoid the disease of alcohol addiction after she lost her daughter Brittany to the disease on November 5, 2014. The tenth episode in a series of twelve.

Resources shared:

SmallTalksWI.org- How Wisconsin prevents underage drinking

VIDEO: Understanding Why Addiction is a real brain disease…..Neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Dewey VIDEO (must start about 6:30 mark in the video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEMxVdEFjw

BOOK about Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris VIDEO (29 minutes in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIhQlzntmg

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: NIAAA.NIH.gov

ADVOCACY Organizations:

Partnership To End Addiction (Helping Family Members): DrugFree.Org

Shatterproof.Org

Mobilize Recovery / Recovery Advocacy Project Wisconsin

HOTLINES:

Rock County Crisis Intervention 24/7 Hotline: 608-757-5025

Wisconsin Addiction Recovery Hotline: 211

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