Help For A Loved One
Here are some posts that we believe will be helpful for those seeking help for a loved one struggling with addiction
4 Stages of an Alcohol Treatment Centre Programme
Learning more about the stages of recovery can help you appreciate where you are in the process. It'll also, and more importantly, clearly define what you still need to do. Many patients, and their families, feel shame about having developed this problem. Addiction...
6 Dysfunctional Family Roles in Addiction
It's common for family members to unknowingly adopt one of six dysfunctional family roles in addiction that can perpetuate the disease and impede the treatment process delaying or stopping the recovery journey. A respected specialist in the field of addictions and...
Does Medical Aid Pay for Addiction Rehab in South Africa?
Step-by-step Guide If you’re limping from crisis to crisis due to your own or someone else’s substance abuse, you may be asking the question: will my medical aid pay for addiction rehab? Even more so when someone you love is dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction...
3 C’s to Addiction Recovery for Empowered Families
Addiction is a family disease, everyone plays a role and is affected by the addiction, whether you’re a parent, child, spouse, sibling or even a close friend. Families often go through overwhelming emotions related to their loved one’s addiction including guilt,...
Does My Loved One Have a Drinking Problem? 10 Tell-Tale Signs
Despite many signs indicating an alcohol addiction in a friend or relative, many families wait until the consequences are extremely severe before they take action. If you are asking the question Does my loved one have a drinking problem, there are probably already...
4 Reasons Why an Addiction Intervention Should Be Run by a Professional
An addiction intervention is a tightrope walk and getting the correct balance is essential which is why it should be run by an experienced professional, preferably a qualified interventionist. Informal addiction interventions can do more harm than good and damage...
Top 3 Reasons Why It Is Critical to Attend Addiction Family Support Groups
It is vital that loved ones of addicts and alcoholics regularly attend addiction family support groups. It is not only the addict or alcoholic who benefits from attending support groups. In order to really understand the disease of addiction and to learn what...
5 Do’s and Don’ts of a Successful Intervention
Stepping in to help a loved one with a problem as serious as addiction can be daunting and downright terrifying, which is why it's absolutely essential to understand the do’s and don’ts of a successful intervention. If things at home or work have become desperate and...
Does involuntary rehab work?
Many people think that drug and alcohol rehabilitative treatment will only work if a client is willing and enthusiastic about going to rehab and getting sober and this begs the question, does involuntary rehab work? But evidence shows that low motivation, or just not...
Why You Need To Act Fast When Someone Agrees To Go To Rehab?
When it comes to bringing your loved one to treatment, time is of the essence. To save a life, rehab should be easy to access with as few obstacles as possible. You should know about rehabilitative treatment: What works. This list was compiled by the European...