Levittown Schools Holding Addiction Prevention Meeting

From Levittown Public School: As part of the Levittown Public Schools’ comprehensive health and wellness curriculum, as well as its substance abuse prevention program, the district is hosting “Progression of a Substance Abuse Disorder” on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The program will take place at Wisdom Lane Middle School, which is located at 120 Center Lane in Levittown, beginning at 7 p.m.

Presented by nationally recognized recovery coach and addiction counselor Cortney Lovell, students, parents, the greater Levittown community and its surrounding neighbors are invited to attend this powerful presentation of addiction and a journey to wellness. Cortney Lovell is a person in long-term recovery from addiction. An outgoing, athletic teenager, she silently struggled with self-image and other issues growing up. Cortney cloaked her suffering behind a smile for years as it progressed to heroin addiction and eventually incarceration. At just 19 years old, she began her journey to wellness and discovered her purpose along the way.

Cortney is a spokesperson for the New York State Governor's Combat Heroin Campaign, the Center for Disease Control’s Rx Awareness campaign, and is a "Youth Voice" on youth.gov. She has been featured on "Inside Addiction," in the documentaries: “Everywhere but Safe,” “Reversing the Stigma,” and Refinery29’s upcoming opioid film. Cortney is a recurring contributor to HLN’s Michaela Pereira show, is a blogger for the Office of Women’s Health at the White House, often partners with the United States Surgeon General to present on opioids, and is a Planning Partner for SAMHSA's Recovery Month.

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