On July 29th Berk was joined by Jim Weiler, LADC, MA, BCC, an expert in chemical dependency and the elderly, to discuss his work.
Mr. Weiler is an expert in chemical dependency and the elderly. His office is in Cold Spring, Minnesota.

On July 22nd Berk was joined by Brenda Iliff, LADC, MA, the Executive Director of Transitional Services at Hazelden to discuss early recovery and the Hazelden Fellowship Club.
Hazelden’s Fellowship Club provides intermediate care for men and women, ages 18 and over, who have completed an alcohol and drug addiction primary treatment program.
On July 15th Berk was joined by Mike Coyne, MA, a Chemical Health Coordinator at St Thomas Academy, to discuss chemical health in schools and the coordination of state, local, and school agencies in Minnesota.
Saint Thomas Academy is a Catholic, all-male, college preparatory, military day school for students in grades 7-12 of the St Paul-Minneapolis area. The Academy?s tradition, discipline, and spirit influence the life of a young man long after graduation.
On July 8th Berk was joined by Lyle Taipale, PhD, Superintendent of Sobriety High School and VP of Operations for the Sobriety High Foundation, to discuss their secondary level academic program for recovering adolescents.
Sobriety High believes in education with love, respect and dignity. Offering an academic program at the secondary level for recovering adolescents in a drug and alcohol free environment.
On July 1st Berk was joined by Bob Ferguson, Founder & Executive Director of Jaywalker Lodge, to continue their discussion of men’s issues and extended care recovery programing.
Jaywalker Lodge provides extended care residential treatment for motivated men seeking recovery from addiction in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.