Woman’s Voice: This special program is brought to you by the Lenawee Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition. Guests provide information about upcoming events, resources available, and the many ways to help reduce substance use and promote a healthy Lenawee.
Kathy Williams: This is Kathy Williams and with me on tonight’s program is Dawn Finney. Dawn is a Certified Peer Recovery Coach and also the Outreach Coordinator with Pathways here in Adrian. Dawn, that’s the only hats you’re wearing, right?
Dawn Finney: Yeah. For, for right now I think that’s enough.
Kathy Williams: It is enough. So tell us, we’re going to talk a little bit tonight about upcoming social events that are happening at Pathways. Can… What’s, what’s going on?
Dawn Finney: Yep. At Pathways two times a week, we do have social events. They start at 9:00 PM.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: They’re free of charge and anybody can come.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: And for example, Saturday the 11th at nine we have the event of Coffee and Canvas. We just drink coffee, we, we paint. It’s kind of self-explanatory, and just talk and kind of relax and enjoy each other’s company.
Kathy Williams: Is that something you offer every month then?
Dawn Finney: Yes, two times a week every month.
Kathy Williams: Oh, there you go.
Dawn Finney: Yeah.
Kathy Williams: So if you miss this one, you can come to the next one.
Dawn Finney: Absolutely. Yep. And you can find all of our upcoming events on the LRN website.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: So, Tuesday the 14th, we have the Guest Choice, which means, you know, if you come in and you want to play cards? We’re going to play cards. We have board games, we can paint. We could watch movies. Whatever you want to do, we can do. We just find it nice to talk to people in a safe environment.
Kathy Williams: Right. Well, and even if you want to do nothing, you can do that too.
Dawn Finney: Absolutely. Just come on in.
Kathy Williams: There you go. Well, it’s, it’s good to be around like-minded people that are going through the same maybe social or psychological struggles and have that judgment free zone.
Dawn Finney: Yeah. Yeah. There’s, you know, there’s peer recovery coaches there. And we understand. We, we know there’s not a story that you can tell us that, that one of us cannot relate to.
Kathy Williams: Exactly. Exactly. What else do you have coming up?
Dawn Finney: On Friday the 17th, we have Music Night. Sometimes we do karaoke. We have a gentleman who plays guitar.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: It’s a lot of fun actually. That’s one of our most favorite things that we have. A lot of people do come to that.
Kathy Williams: So. . If, if a person wants to find out about these different events though, they can go on which website or Facebook page?
Dawn Finney: You can go to the Pathways Facebook page.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: You can go to the LRN, which is Lenawee Recovery Network page.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: You can go to lenrecovery.org.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: And then you just scroll down to, you know, find a social event and it’s right there.
Kathy Williams: Well, and the other thing is too, is that, you know, if you’re not a night person, you have other things going on.
Dawn Finney: Yeah.
Kathy Williams: You know, they can reach out at any time and find out other things that are available at Pathways.
Dawn Finney: Absolutely. It’s on the website. You can reach out. We are open every night from 8:00 pm till 8:30 in the morning. We are kind of there when other places aren’t open.
Kathy Williams: Right.
Dawn Finney: We, we realize that, you know, not everybody has emergencies or needs to talk from nine to five.
Kathy Williams: Exactly, exactly.
Dawn Finney: So life happens and we’re there.
Kathy Williams: Yeah. Well, and originally Pathways was just on the weekends, but now it’s during the week as well.
Dawn Finney: Yes, it is. Yeah.
Kathy Williams: Yeah. So is it just for people that are going through the issues or is it for their helpers as well?
Dawn Finney: Their helpers can definitely come and get information as far as like how to help and stuff. We also do distribute Narcan.
Kathy Williams: Okay.
Dawn Finney: You know, if you, a family member, or friends, if you have fears of an overdose happening or anything, just, you know, come on in and we can give you Narcan. We can teach you how to use it, and it could definitely save a life.
Kathy Williams: Oh, for sure. I mean, you, you hear more and more about how many lives, just having it available, are saved.
Dawn Finney: Oh, absolutely, yes.
Kathy Williams: So, it, it’s not a, a stigma to be prepared. It’s…
Dawn Finney: Right, right.
Kathy Williams: You know, it’s not saying that I know somebody who’s, you know, actively using. It’s, it could be a stranger that you helped save their life.
Dawn Finney: Oh yeah. I actually know somebody who does Boy Scouts and their Boy Scouts have it in their first aid kit at 12 years old just to have it. You never know.
Kathy Williams: Exactly. Well, Dawn, I appreciate you coming in and talking with us and helping us learn a little bit more about the social events happening at Pathways.
Dawn Finney: Thank you for having me.
Woman’s Voice: The Lenawee Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition supported by funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Thank you for listening. New messages air on the second and fourth Monday each month at 6:15 PM. You can listen to this program as a podcast under the “on air audio” tab on WLEN.com and get more information at DrugPreventionLenawee.com.
