No, not the swine flu,... . In April, I found out that RADACT, the Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor Training program, here in AK, holds a three week training to receive the education portion of the CDC, which is the chemical dependency counselor certificate. I have been working (not very hard), on receiving my certificate for the last year. When I first transferred over to the chemical dependency program at work, I took an Intro to Addictive Behavior class through RADACT, figuring it would be good for me to understand and gain a little background on addictive behavior as that is the population that I am working with. Well, I LOVED the class! I felt like I had found my niche and SO enjoyed the class that I thought about getting my ccpunseling certificate. After a lot of thought, I talked to my boss and said hey I want to get my certificate. I started to go to trainings and take classes when the RADACT people were in town. In April, the CD counselor that I work with, told me about the this three week academy. I looked into it and found out that there are scholarships to attend the academy. So, I applied! After 4 LONG months of waiting, I heard yesterday morning that I RECEIVED THE SCHOLARSHIP!!!!! YAY! I am SO excited! This means that I am going to Anchorage ( the big city!) for three weeks! The Scholarship covers the cost of the training, my books and materials, hotel AND FOOD for those three weeks! How lucky am I?? I am ecstatic! When I am finished with this academy I will only need about 150 more hours doing my practicum.
Another good thing, school started yesterday and I LOVE my class so far. I am enrolled in two classes, history and intro to Anthropology. Yesterday was my Anthropology class. It is pretty good. May have to switch from Am. Gov. to Anthropology. All in all, life is good here in the north!
