Help for Them
The immediate concern is getting help for that loved one. The behavior of abusing harmful and addictive substance can escalate and become fatal if not properly treated. Getting a loved one help can require intervention. A successful intervention can move the process along in getting that person into an appropriate treatment program. Intervention services can help by many means. This can include services with sober transportation, monitoring and also recommendations on an appropriate alcohol treatment or drug rehab provider.
Sending a family member or loved one to treatment can be a difficult decision in itself. There are many public and private programs available, so it can be difficult to choose. Intervention and medical professionals can help with recommendations, but it can also be helpful to do a little homework online and research drug rehab facilities. One should focus on the needs of your loved one in your research. Many of the leading treatment centers provide aspects of family programming as a part of their treatment curriculum or schedule. The professionals at these facilities can also help with the proper length of stay and therapy approaches. A common problem with alcoholism and drug addiction is a co-occurring mental health disorder that can have a hand in substance abuse. Many treatment providers will incorporate services that address such co-occurring concerns. They are often referred to in this industry as dual diagnosis or co-occurring treatment.
The nature of addiction is one that requires a long term effort to overcome. Even after treatment or drug rehab, continuing programs can be needed throughout the process to assist in this. This can involve continuing therapy programs, counseling and support groups. A community of those in recovery is available for long term support and help through 12-step groups and programs. There are also services and support through sober living environments, companions and community outreach/outpatient drug rehab programs.
Help for You
The struggles of your loved one can have negative impacts on the family and yourself. Even when you get a loved one into treatment or drug rehab, it can be a benefit to get yourself help and family members help as well. There are counseling services that can focus on a family in recovery and addressing any underlying concerns that can be involved in this. Counseling and programs for the family can also help individuals with unhealthy home relationships. Family members can mean well, but behaviors in home can be very codependent and enabling to the alcoholic/addict. Proper family counseling and help can educate and strengthen the family for their role in the recovery process.
When you send your loved one off to alcohol or drug rehab, you have taken a proper effective step. However, the work is just beginning. Many treatment facilities offer family programming for their clients. Family counseling can be offered over the phone or in person throughout the treatment stay. Family programming can also require loved ones to come to treatment for a few days and be involved in educational workshops and face-to-face therapy sessions with loved ones. This can be very difficult for some, but the healing impact in the long term can be foundational to recovery.
Long term support is not just for the family member struggling with addiction. In the early stages of the 12-step program and Alcoholics Anonymous, the wives of the alcoholic men found support from each other. This evolved into the Al-anon program. For adolescents there is Alateen. This support can be helpful not only to you as you deal with personal concerns, but also to your loved one who is taking drastic life changing steps in their recovery process. Counseling professionals, treatment providers and even research on the internet can get you pointed in the right direction for involvement in these support groups and programs like Codependents Anonymous.
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Take the steps to help yourself and your loved one today. Many times it can take the concern and efforts of a loved one to get the individual the help they need with drugs or alcohol. Covering it up or pushing it to the side does not help the problem, it fortifies it. And whether you like it or not it is a family problem that can require a family effort to overcome. These efforts can be life changing not only for your loved one, but for your family as well. The struggles and despair can be repaired and the joys of life can be found again.
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