Michael and Alina's course addressed daily workplace stressors and how to decompress intense emotions. They taught popular concepts of drug dependencies and its impact on the family dynamics, employment, and relationships; discussing the “Why" of consuming illicit drugs/alcohol as a coping mechanism for an extended period. They correspondingly discussed how repeated exposure to high-stress, life-threatening situations coupled with long hours can turn law enforcement officerstoward alcohol in order to decrease stress and manage emotions..

At the conclusion of the class, approximately 194 officers that attended, identified the impact of on the job stress/trauma to long term drug dependency, were given tools to apply to the healing process for themselves and their families, given a thought process to acquire a new coping mechanism for stress relief, and finally became more familiar with how to identify and recognize an inmate that had mental health deficiencies. The officers said that Michael Oden and Alina Ugas were vastly entertaining and impressively captivating in their presentation of the course material.