2023 Complete Schedule of Events
All events will take place in the Burroughs & Chapin Auditorium, Conway campus, Building 1100.
No registration required. A catered dinner will take place in Café 1100 from 6-7 pm prior to each event.
Todd Bridges
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 7 pm - 9 pm
The former child star—best known as Willis Jackson on Diff’rent Strokes—speaks of
his struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and fierce fight to carve a path
through the darkness and find his true identity.
For Todd Bridges early stardom was no protection from painful childhood events that paved the road to his own personal hell. Bridges burst to the national forefront on the hit sitcom Diff’rent Strokes as the subject of the popular catchphrase, “What’chu talkin’ ‘bout, Willis?” When the show ended, Bridges was overwhelmed by the off-camera traumas he had faced.
Turning to drugs as an escape, he soon lost control.
Bridges opens up about his life before and after Diff’rent Strokes: the incredible
reversals of fortune brought on by fame and the precipitous—and very public—descent
that followed; the persecution from police; the drug addiction that nearly consumed
him; the criminal charges that almost earned him a life sentence; and his successful
legal defense led by Johnnie Cochran. His triumphant story of recovery and redemption
is recounted here as well.
Kevin McCauley, MD
Thursday, February 9, 2023, 7 pm - 9 pm
Kevin McCauley, MD, is a Senior Fellow at The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona and co-founder
of the Institute for Addiction Study in Salt Lake City, Utah. His work is featured
in the award-winning documentary, Pleasure Unwoven, summarizing the neuroscience of
addiction and currently the most widely used media presentation in national and international
treatment centers.
Dr. McCauley will deliver a presentation with the most recent and timely information on recovery from both behavioral addictions and substance use disorders and the role that dopamine plays in our lives from food, sex, Internet and other addictions.
Corporate Sponsors
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 7 pm - 9 pm
We will experience four creative demonstrations of recovery from four local recovery
institutions that support the series.
Grand Strand Health, The Peer Connection, Lighthouse and Shoreline will each offer presentations on what recovery is all about. These short presentations will add some insight into aspects of addiction and recovery from a professional viewpoint.
Students in Recovery
Thursday, February 23, 2022, 7 pm - 9 pm
Students in recovery from different addictions and using different recovery methods
describe what it was like, what happened and what they do on a daily basis to maintain
their recovery.
Sponsored By
