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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 2
Description
Oklahoma City Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid talks with Andrew Rice, Executive Director of Teen Recovery Solutions.
A
Hi
thanks
for
joining
us
today.
Today
we
have
a
special
program
with
Andrew
rice,
Andrew,
you've,
worn
a
lot
of
hats,
former
state
senator
founder
of
non
doc,
which
was
an
online
news
service
and
now
starting
executive
director
of
Teen
recovery
services
I.
It
means
a
lot
to
me
because
I
think,
as
as
we
both
know,
Oklahoma
is
being
overrun
with
addiction.
We
hear
about
opiate
overdoses.
We
hear
about
how
hard
it
is
for
people
to
get
in
recovery
from
addiction,
but
we
have
so
few
resources
here
in
Oklahoma.
B
Absolutely
so
I
joined
the
board
last
year,
volunteer
board
and
the
executive
director
was
getting
ready
to
retire,
so
ended
up
being
offered
that
position
this
year.
The
teen
recovery
solutions
is
unique
in
that
it
the
core.
What
it
does
is
it
run
runs
a
very
small
recovery,
high
school
and
recovery.
High
schools
were
really
born
out
of
treatment,
centers
around
the
nation
saying
to
therapists
and
parents
and
educators
back
in
the
communities
where
teens
would
come
from
really.
B
It's
called
mission
academy,
okay,
and
so
that
is
a
way
for
therapists
and
guidance,
counselors
and
staff
to
be
able
to
create
an
environment
for
those
kids
to
have
the
support
they
need
to
finish
their
education.
Get
a
good
education
and
have
the
behavioral
health
support.
They
need
the
other
component
of
what
we
think
is
important,
and
this
is
what
else
is
what
we
do
is
what
happens
after
three
o'clock
on
a
school
day
and
another
model
that's
out
there.
B
That's
very
active
in
Houston
which
we
borrowed
from
is
the
alternative
peer
group
model,
and
it's
just
what
it
sounds
you
can.
You
create
an
alternative
peer
social
environment
for
these
teams,
so
they're
not
being
drawn
back
into
the
peer
relationships
that
they
had
that
were
unhealthy
and
destructive,
but
peer-to-peer
of
teens
committed
to
recovery.
B
There's
all
different
types
of
therapy
groups
for
the
teens
and
their
parents.
We
have
groups
where
the
teens
and
parents
are
together
with
our
facilitators.
We
have
ones
where
the
parents
meet
alone,
a
mother's,
al-anon
group,
boys,
12-step
groups,
girls,
12,
subgroups
and
then
social
activities
go
in
to
topgolf,
go
in
the
main
event.
Having
a
house,
a
sober
house
party,
that's
organized
at
one
of
our
family's
houses,
so
really
from
eight
a.m.
on
Monday
morning
until
Saturday
afternoon.
B
Most
of
our
students,
in
particular
time,
is
spent
in
a
structured,
supportive
environment
educationally
and
therapeutically
to
be
in
recovery
and
for
their
families,
they're
just
sleeping
in
their
own
home
at
night.
Well,
you
know
so
in
a
way,
I
had
a
grandfather,
who's
raising
one
of
our
students
say
it's
almost
like
inpatient
treatment,
but
they
come
home
every
night
and
sleep
and
sleep
at
home
so
which.
A
A
B
And
really
all
the
adequate
resources
are
there
a
very
dedicated
staff,
very
dedicated
board
member
community
partners?
We
have
teens
that
are
referred
us
that
may
be
there
in
a
more
severe
situation
where
they
need
to
go
to
a
true
inpatient
facility,
or
maybe
they're,
not
quite
to
the
point
where
they
need
our
services,
and
we
have
a
bunch
of
partner
agencies
that
can
help
us
with
other
needs.
So
it's
all
there
for
the
success.
B
The
teens
got
to
be
willing
to
want
to
live
a
different
life
and
we
create
an
environment
where
a
life
of
sobriety
and
recovery
is
more
fun
if
as
fun,
if
not
more
fun
than
using
drugs
or
alcohol
right
and
the
other
key
component
of
our
model
is
for
the
parents
or
guardians
to
be
actively
involved
in
the
recovery
process.
Along
with
the
teen
is
not
just
I'm
going
to
send
my
kid
there
and
fix
them.
It's
snow.
The
family
needs
to
get
into
recovery.
B
The
family
needs
to
deal
with
whatever
enabling
issues
are
going
on
and
codependency
or
whatever
may
be,
so
the
whole
family
can
get
well
because
this
isn't.
This
is
a
type
of
behavior
health,
mental
illness,
substance
abuse.
So
there's
no,
you
know,
there's
no
shame
and
people
being
sick.
Well,
you
know,
but
the
services
are
there
to
it.
Take
to
get
well.
So
it's
a
great
model.
B
A
B
Are
they
that's
a
great
school
question?
We
do
free
assessments
for
anybody,
so
any
teen
that
the
teen
endure
family
is
worried
about
them
can
come
call
it
call
our
clinical
staff
and
we
will
assess
the
team
privately
and
then
and
then
bring
the
parent
or
guardian's
in
incest
them
and
sort
of
try
to
get
an
idea
where
they
are.
What
the
severity
or
lack
of
severity
of
the
issue
is
whether
they
meet
the
criteria
for
our
programs
or
whether
we
need
to
refer
them
to
another
place.
So
that's
available
for
anybody.
B
If
you
are
out
there
and
and
you
or
someone
in
your
community
family
friends,
people
coworkers
at
work
or
having
a
teen
in
crisis,
please
call
us
and
we
can
do
that.
The
other
thing
that's
unique
about
the
school
is
really
the
the
school
is
a
bit
of
a
privilege
in
the
in
that
it's
not
just
a
place.
You
automatically
get
in
to
say
if
you've
gotten
in
trouble
at
your
other
school
or
you
just
sort
of
want
your
parents
up
your
back
or
the
parents
just
sort
of
want.
You
know
us
to
fix
them.
B
We
have
to
see
a
demonstrated
effort
of
wanting
the
life
of
recovery
from
the
teen
and
the
parents
and
the
Guardians.
So
it's
an
idea
of
its
a
committed
protected
environment
where
we
don't
want
someone
just
come
in,
and
who's
not
really
committed
to
changing
and
have
that
influence.
Our
other
are
their
students
right.
So
it's
not
your
typical
alternative
school,
where
maybe
the
system
frankly
I
in
my
opinion,
can
sort
of
dumped
people.
B
This
is
really
more
of
you
know
you're
in
crisis,
and
we
can
help,
but
you
we
need
to
show
you're
serious
about
it,
because
you
know
the
resources
you're
going
to
have
wrapped
around
you
or
valuable,
and
we
don't
want
you
to
be
not
serious
about
it
and
have
that
affect
our
other
teens,
who
are
really
committed
to
a
sober
environment,
and
these
are-
and
our
kids
are
great-
creative,
bright,
dynamic
kids
who
keep
their
in
sense
of
individuality.
They're,
very
creative
they're
artists,
you're,
not
changing
they're,
not
changing
who
they
are.
B
They
can
still
be
a
lot
of
the
ways
they
want
to
be
an
individual,
but
in
a
healthy
way,
in
a
way
where
they
don't
have
to
abuse
drugs
and
alcohol
to
regulate
their
emotions
and
deal
with
life.
So
it's
a
very
I
feel
very
lucky
to
get
the
opportunity
to
work
in
it.
I
myself
am
in
long-term
recovery
and
I've.
A
B
So
the
more
that
we
are
able
to
be
successful
that
maybe
other
future
problems
with
kids
and
their
families
can
be
caught
a
little
earlier.
They
can
get
into
the
recovery
process
quicker
rather
than
having
to
bottom
out,
maybe
as
severely
as
some
of
our
our
students
and
clients
have
had
to
so.
There's
no
shame
in
it.
I
mean
addiction
is
rampant,
not
just
alcohol
and
drug
addiction.
Gambling
addiction
is
a
huge
issue
in
Oklahoma.
Now,
there's
all
the
forms
of
addiction
and
escaping
issues,
so
there
should
be
no
shame
in
seeking
help.
B
If
anybody
in
our
community,
you
shouldn't
it,
we
don't
shame
breast
cancer
victims,
we
don't
shame
people
with
diabetes
or
you
know
it's
another
form
of
an
illness
that
they
can
have
much
worse:
social
consequences
for
families
in
workplace
and
relationships,
but
please
don't
ever
hesitate
whether
it's
us
chance
to
change
whatever,
maybe
to
access
the
services
that
are
in
Oklahoma
City
area.
It's.
A
B
A
great
program
we
do
mump
monthly
lunch
and
learns
which
are
not
fundraisers.
Do
this.
We
have
lunch
that
we
invite
the
community
to
come.
Rsvp
come
in,
have
lunch
with
us
here,
a
little
programmatic
stuff
about
what
we
do
and
then
hear
from
a
couple
of
our
students.
Sometimes
the
parents
there
and
it's
a
great
way
to
learn
about
what
we
do
and
so
the
second
Wednesday
of
every
month
on
our
website,
teen
recovery
solutions,
org,
there's
information
about
how
you
can
come
and
just
learn
about
what
we
do.
B
The
schools
up
on
North
Klassen,
just
east
of
nichols
hills,
north
of
the
Chesapeake
Energy
campus.
It's
a
actually
it's
a
it's
an
old
battery
warehouse,
the
Chesapeake
Energy
bought
when
they
were
expanding
their
properties.
You
know
four
or
five
six
years
ago
and
they
recently
donated
the
facility
to
we
were
leasing
it
from
them
and
now
we
own
it.
They
gave
it
to
us,
which
is
great
so
so.
A
B
There's
many
different
ways
to
help.
Obviously
you
know
donations
help
us
quite
a
bit
there.
We
don't
get
any
state
or
federal
money
going
forward,
so
we're
a
nonprofit
private
school
and
501
C
3.
So
we
charge
tuition
very
few
of
our
students
currently
and
historically
or
ever
ever
pay
the
full
tuition.
We
have
some
but
most
have
some
form
of
financial
aid
that
we
provide
as
a
school.
We
don't
have
external
financial
aid,
so
cash
donations
are
a
big
help
and
you
know
we're
cheaper
than
some
of
them.
B
Some
of
the
very
sophisticated
expensive
recovery
in
treatment,
patient
facilities
are
boarding
schools
out
outside
of
Oklahoma.
Those
can
be
seventy-five.
Eighty
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
send
your
child
to
get
help.
So
it's
much
cheaper
than
that
and,
like
I
said,
we've
got
and
then
and
then
we
also
have
a
fee
to
be
part
of
that
alternative
peer
group
program
and
we
have
students
most
all
of
our
students
in
our
school
are
required
to
be
in
the
alternative
peer
group
program.
B
We
also
have
students
from
other
area,
high
schools
who
are
in
that
program
and
that's
a
great
value.
I
think
our
fee
is
eight
hundred
dollars
a
month
and
again
we
have
people
who
pay
less
than
that
because
of
their
means
and
but
they're
getting
anywhere
from
six
six
to
seven
hours,
equivalent
of
therapy
for
them
their
children
and
their
family
a
week
so
they're
getting
what
would
really
be
thousands
of
dollars
worth
of
behavioral
therapy
from
trained
experts
and
social
environment
and
12-step
groups
and
support
groups.
B
B
We
have
like
we
have
a
yoga
teacher
in
the
community
that
we
know
who
comes
in
and
volunteers
and
teaches
yoga
infected
a
the
class
is
going
on
I.
Think
right
now,
at
the
school
we
have
our
teachers
who
come
in
and
untitled
art
gallery
here.
Downtown
does
a
lot
of
stuff
with
our
students
because
we're
an
arts
integration
program.
So
we
do
arts
integration
every
every
day
in
our
curriculum,
so
they
donate
a
lot
of
their
time
and
materials
to
do
projects
with
with
them
down
at
their
space
here.
B
So
really
we're
up
to
explore
anything.
Any
sort
of
you
know
internships
and
different
industries
and
different
types
of
jobs.
You
know
we
want
our
students
to
go
off
prepared
about
what
they're
excited
about
to
pursue
at
the
next
level,
so
we're
looking
to
have
more
robust
relationship
with
the
area,
universities
because,
as
they
have
students
that
are
going
to
need
sober
options
on
those
campuses,
that's
an
area
where
we're
working
to
build
those
relationships.
I.
B
Yeah
we
do
we've
typically
done
like
dinner
banquet
like
a
lot
of
nonprofits,
do
in
the
fall.
We've
switched
it
to
a
lunch
this
year
and
the
key
of
the
key
that
sort
of
focus
of
the
program
will
be
several
of
our
students
and
a
parent
will
get
up
and
tell
their
stories
with
some
of
the
message
from
me
and
some
of
our
board
members.
It's
a
lunch.
That's
at
the
Oklahoma
City
Golf
and
Country
Club
on
Thursday,
September,
22nd
and
there's
an
permission
are
wet
on
our
website.
B
Teen
recovery
solutions,
org
about
how
you
can
buy
a
ticket
for
the
event,
a
sponsorship
and
that's
our
big,
that's
our
biggest
sort
of
a
our
biggest
event
of
the
year
of
bringing
in
charitable
money
to
help
help.
With
our
mission
great
and
on
our
website,
we've
got.
You
can
download
our
any
report
to
see
specifically
about
where
all
of
our
money
goes
and
how
we
spend
it
and
to.