Addiction affects not just the addict but everyone around them.
Friends and Family Members with a loved one in New Dawn are encouraged to remain supportive through her initial 30-day Stabilization ... during this critical stage of her recovery, she is supported to reduce distractions, ground, focus, and settle into the program and her recovery at New Dawn: strong foundations for her best long-term successes.
We strongly encourage all Friends and Family Members of anyone struggling with addiction to secure their own supports to stay educated about addiction, keep their own healthy boundaries, and reduce risks for their own isolation and/or depression while caring for and supporting their loved one:
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Literature worth checking out:
Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop?
Addict in the Family: Stories of Loss, Hope & Recovery
Codependent No More
Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II
The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love
Families Do Recover Series - Books for the Parents & Partners of Addicts
Low-Cost or No-Cost Counselling:
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
VCH Community Health Centres
Families Do Recover - Counselling for the Addict's Family & Parents
Free Community Meetings:
Al-Anon
Nar-Anon
Co-Dependent Recovery Society
Secular Sobriety Society
Fee-for-Service Supports:
Family Tree Addiction Services
Can Am Intervention Services
Assessment & Advice:
Free Online Supports:
Daily Strength
Addiction Survivors
SMART Recovery: Family & Friends Support
SOS Friends & Families Support Group
Women's capacity for successes in recovery are only strengthened when their families and friends stay educated about addiction and the challenges involved in achieving recovery, as well as maintain their own personal supports to be able to keep healthy boundaries while their loved one learns new ways to live, cope and communicate.
The impacts of women's
successful recovery extend far beyond individuals to include healthy
reunification with children, family and community: healing for one truly
is healing for many!
Chrysalis Society remains dedicated to empowering women and supporting the processes that underpin these profound evolutions.