Bill Vieux, director for Cedar Branch Recovery Systems, Lawrence, received training at the second annual Unity in Recovery Conference, conducted last week in Wichita.

Vieux attended several seminars at the event, organized by the Kansas Citizens’ Committee on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse: “Advocacy in Kansas,” “Behavioral Addictions: The Cross Addictions Trap” and the Johnson Institute’s “Recovery Ambassadors Leadership Workshop.”

Cedar Branch provides counseling for children, adults and their families for issues related to mental health and substance abuse. For more information, call 840-0374.

Also, Vieux, Valerie Vieux and Daniel Davidson attended the Celebrate Recovery Summit 2006 last month at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., joining 3,300 participants from 17 countries and 48 states for leadership training.

Celebrate Recovery is a nondenominational recovery program.