BC3 introduces“New Eyes” after success ofinitial program addressing opioid addictionSept. 25, 2018(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College's introduction of “New Eyes,” a spirituality-centered program born in response to the success of BC3's “Reset Your Brain: A RevolutionaryApproach to Opioid Addiction & Recovery” initiative, may benefit those like Ken Clowes, nowa Butler resident who once used up to $200 of heroin a day “just,”he said, “to feel normal.”Clowes was among 70 participants who in April or June attended BC3's four-class “Hope isDope,” an educational program based on Steve Treu's natural endorphin-resurrecting ideastoovercome opioid addiction and represents an objective in the college's 2017-2022 strategic planthat focuses on quality of life.Steve Treu, a licensed therapist with Quantum Revolution Counseling, conducts one of Butler County CommunityCollege's “Hope is Dope” classes on June 18, 2018.

Butler County Community College is offering a spirituality-based program for people struggling with opioid addiction and working toward recovery.

The “New Eyes: A Unifying Vision of Science and Spirituality” program will be held on Tuesdays from Oct. 2 through Dec. 18 from 7-9 p.m. in Room 110 of the Science and Technology Building on BC3's main campus in Butler Township.

New Eyes follows BC3's “Hope is Dope: Achieving Chemical Balance” four-class program that was held in April and June.

Both programs are part of the school's “Reset your Brain: A Revolutionary Approach to Opioid Addiction & Recovery” initiative, which is aimed a achieving an objective in the schools 2017-2022 strategic plan to focus on quality of life issues.

The programs are based on “Hope is Dope: Achieving Chemical Balance” and “New Eyes: A Unifying Vision of Science & Spirituality” books written by Steve Treu, a licensed therapist with Quantum Revolution Counseling who teaches the classes.

“Hope is about our bodies while New Eyes is about our souls.Hope' is the starting pitcher while New Eyes is the closer,” Clowes said.

Hope is Dope is intended to help people achieve neurochemical balance through ordinary, everyday events. That balance is what addicts attempt to achieve by using opioids, Clowes said.

Another session of Hope is Dope will be held on Mondays from Oct. 29 through Nov. 19 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources, 127 S. Main St., Butler.

Read more about the program in Sunday's Butler Eagle.