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Sanford Health’s substance use disorder program in Bemidji was recently certified as one of less than two dozen Wellbriety Certified Treatment Centers in the country.
Sanford Health’s Program for Addiction Recovery provided Tanner Lene a way to connect to a heritage he’d left largely unexplored, as he began to learn Ojibwe and join classes taught by elders and knowledge keepers on traditional medicines and art.
When Tanner Lene was told last year that he needed to join an addiction recovery group for his substance use disorder, he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about the idea. But he soon found that the program he was placed in, Sanford Health’s Program for Addiction Recovery, offered a lot more than just group sessions.