The family members journey living with someone who has a substance use disorder

The family members journey living with someone who has a substance use disorder

di Roy P. Poillon
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Season 2 Episode Chapter One Values

Re-Entry is a challenge, coordination, planning, and self awareness are just some of the keys to surviving the first year back into a new life. Go to our website to download the Re-Entry workbook PDF and follow along with each of the ten chapter playing this podcast.
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Community Collaboration and Stakeholders and a learning center

Substance use disorders is a community disease, it goes everywhere and everyone will be impacted in some way. Because there are key stakeholders in our community we need to identify who they are, empower them with knowledge and call them out to participate in a proactive position.

T.R.U.S.T. in the Family Together, Recognizing, Unidentified, Stress and Trauma

Both the family and the individual have a great deal to learn and a lot of changes to make in order to find your new normal. It starts with looking at where there was stress and trauma and give it a label and name, identify it exists.

The Abacus Part 2 Disease Management in SUD

The Abacus is a disease management model for SUD, We need to look into the model and what are its parts that make up a structure. It is structure in our current system for deliver that we have a incorrect application

The Abacus Chronic Disease Management for Substance Use Disorders Part 1

The Abacus is a disease management model for substance use disorders and in this Part 1 we look at the current delivery system and how it not what will serve us best. How do we restructure the health care system to better meet the needs of the chronic disease as we management it through a life long journey.

The different community systems, programs and services to support your family.

There have been many studies completed on the topic of how to support family members when the family is dealing with substance use disorder. These support elements are clear to see and do not necessarily need to change. There is an advantage to know who is doing what so we can expect how and when they are needed.

The 32 key issues for families in addiction

We know your journey and we know how the addiction of your loved one will likely impact your family.

The journey in addiction and enabling

Two factors are address, the first is the journey of addiction and its different phases. This is important to learn so we know what to expect is likely to happen next. The second is how are we involved if we unknowingly enable this progression. Therefore, we look into the ten types of enabling by family members.

The journey of Addiction and Enabling

We know the steps that occur in developing an addiction. We also know how this addiction inside the family system will impact the family members. This is important for the family to understand and prepare for each issue that may present and how to respond.

Understanding Change doesn't typically just happen, learn the 5 stages of change

I would be great if you could say to the individual person, do this and you will be better. They are likely not going to change. You could threaten them and this too will likely not create a lasting change. So let's learn the 5 stages of change which are empirically proven need to take place for change to effectively occur. Then using motivational interviewing in order to enact change.
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