End the Shame, End the Blame - Embracing Families Struggling with Addiction and Other Mental Health Issues

Substance use disorder and addiction is a national epidemic, and Maryland has not been spared. When a loved one is battling addiction, often their entire family struggles silently, consumed by shame and fear.  Calvin Ball, Howard County Executive, will welcome the community at an event to bring conversations about the impact that addiction has on our families into the open.  End the Shame, End the Blame will take place on Wednesday, November 13, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Temple Isaiah in Fulton, MD.   The evening will feature a keynote by Lisa Hillman, Author of "Secret No More: A True Story of Hope for Parents of an Addicted Child" followed by a panel discussion with experts in the field of addiction recovery and grief.  Co-sponsors of this important community-wide event are Jewish Community Services, Temple Isaiah, Sol Levinson, Inc., Howard County Government, Howard County Board of Rabbis, Jewish Federation of Howard County, Grassroots Crisis Intervention, and The Associated.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

End the Shame, End the Blame
Embracing Families Struggling with Addiction and Other Mental Health Issues
November 13, 2019

7:00 - 8:30 pm

Temple Isaiah

12200 Scaggsville Road

Fulton, MD 20759

ABOUT "SECRET NO MORE: A TRUE STORY OF HOPE FOR PARENTS OF AN ADDICTED CHILD"

Lisa Hillman was an accomplished health care administrator, a fundraising executive running a multi-million-dollar campaign for one of Maryland’s leading health care systems. Her husband was a former mayor. They had raised a happily married daughter. From all appearances, life was rich and fulfilling. Except every night she went home to a dark house where her adolescent son huddled in his cave-like bedroom. Routinely, he disappeared at night while she lay awake, staring at the blinking bedside clock, waiting to hear his footfall on the stairs, just to know that he was safe and still alive. A story of discovery, shame, denial, and finally acceptance, Secret No More tells the story of one mother’s ultimate struggle with her son’s addiction and how it taught her a new way to love.

ABOUT JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES

Jewish Community Services, a human services agency of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, provides a broad array of services that meet the diverse, multi-dimensional needs of individuals and families throughout Central Maryland. Offices are located in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.