The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

northumberlandnews.com THE NORTHUMBERLAND NEWS, May 9, 2007 PAGE 11 Doctor honoured for overcoming addicti By Vince Versace ) f w.{gggp 4 W *’m to avoid feeling bad," says "It did not occur to me Program for the Ontario a ) * ty '%‘-:._.v_.,‘.;‘ S Dr. Kaufmann. "Any narcotic then, when I was ill, that I Medical Association in Toâ€" NORTfluMBERLlAND . Jf n Ks 9 d;ugs would do. From painâ€" could have lost more than ronto. â€" Warkworth‘s Dr. Michael «# s B is l killers to cough suppresâ€" â€" just my ability toâ€" practice Dr. Kaufmann admits he | Kaufmann has been recâ€" Foue â€" â€" o " is ‘f! sants, I was nonâ€"discrimiâ€" medicine. I could have lost was initially apprehensive in | | agnized for his courage in a i A W _ nating." my family and my own life," sharing his addiction battle y | overcoming a struggle with ies _ e Campbellfordâ€"area colâ€" . he says. "I felt isolated in my _ publicly. | | addiction and his: current i l‘r‘"" :;~j leagues tried three times illness." "Even though we are talle | work in helping others fight allys *n K. "g "H to intervene and help Dr. Dr. Kaufmann was admitâ€" ing about events of 20 years ( f { the same battle. m sc . j $# # Kaufmann, he says. It was ~ ted to the Donwood Instiâ€" ago I was worried about upâ€" { | â€" "Addiction and mental B o onitnatns. o +C difficult for Dr. Kaufmann . tute, now CAMH‘s Brent setting my patients of that | | illnesses are all equal opâ€" _ e es é%fik e\ to acknowledge he had an cliffe site, in 1986 and enâ€" time,‘ says Dr. Kaufmann. F portunity . illnesses," . says ° i .{W old _ x addiction because he was tered a fourâ€"week treatment _ "However all Lhavereceived H | Dr. Kaufmann, 54. ‘There f ‘\;»“ e . o es n trained to be selfâ€"sufficient program: After the program is support from them and ‘ | .â€" _ s little stigma with physical $ &‘ d"’i C ie and believed he had control he remained with an addicâ€" my community." P illness, but with mental illâ€" C 95 .,{,:‘,“-‘.;lw% A CC -1'; 4 and could help himself. > tion doctor who helped in Om Thursday, May 3, Dr. f | ness or addiction, there is a j . NC &. gj § \ 4 "There is a sense of pride his recovery and followâ€"up Kaufmann received his courâ€" | sense you are less than other j \\“‘{ ; C fi 4 and that you should know program. age award at ag'a;la dinner in | people." s ysd o better" says Dr. Kaufmann: Dr. Kaufmann accepted _ Toronto. The entite evening f I Dr. Kaufmann was recentâ€" es = M "."« fls U o ‘,\ "There also is an awful lot of that his addiction was a part was moving and emotional, j | ly awarded the 2007 Courâ€" . © WX Y \\\(\‘, © fear." of him and went on to study. . says Dr. Kaufmann. | [ age to Come Back Award by \ \ 4 1/\ The breaking point, which addiction medicine, He is "People today get recogâ€" | ; | the Centre for Addiction and . \ A & finally pushed Dr. Kaufmann _ now certified as a specialâ€" _ nized for sinking a certain ( | Mental Health Foundation \ &’ \ to seek help, came in 1986. ist in the field by both the number of baskets or things | (CAMB). Dr, Kaufmann says s XIH He had askeda fellow doctor _ American andâ€" Canadian like that," says Dr. Kaufmann. 4 | he became aware at a young Peg McCarthy/Northumberland News for help with scheduling paâ€" Societies of Addiction Mediâ€" "Everybody (who struggles $ j [ age that certain prescription tients because his addiction cine. against an addiction or illâ€" j | drugs effected hirm in certain _ Warkworth‘s Dr. Michael Kaufmann.was recognized for his courâ€" hadseverelyeffected hisabilâ€". In1995, Dr. Kaufmann beâ€" . â€" ness) should have the opâ€" N ways. | _ age in overcoming addiction, by the Centre for Addiction and ity to practice. It also was not came the founding director portunity for the sort of recâ€" | "As achild T realized some . _ Mental Health Foundation, on Thursday, May 3. the first time Dr. Kaufmann .. of the new Physician Health _ ognition T received." , drugs, anything with coâ€" leaned on his colleagues for 5 | deine for example, effected _ more." scription drugs increased. _ such help. The doctor told Rapnomessn ednmedieneecasin hn on , , my mood, giving me a sense As his career moved forâ€" Dr. Kaufmann says he no Dr. Kaufmann he would not S £. Micbael 3- Restoration P of euphoria,‘ explains Dr. ward, after graduating from _ longer took drugs to just â€" help him. The same doctor § t { f § | Kaufmann. "Later, when I _ the University of Toronto in _ help him with fatigue and _ told Dr. Kaufmann if he did Celebrzt_y Go{f Tournament f | | started my medical training 1979 and moving to Warkâ€" stress. not seek help that day, he k PE and I was exposed to more of _ worth, both Dr. Kaufmann‘s "It became that I was not _ would reporthim to the Onâ€" _ | // Join CTV‘s Tom Gibney #& j | those types of drugs, I used stresses and access to preâ€" using them to feel good but tario Medical Association. Jj Saturday, June 23, 2007 | ‘:i ‘ t T ooo d 6 â€"Laser Creel Ciolf Course f ‘ ' 4 . / j 7 : > h 1