The family members journey living with someone who has a substance use disorder
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Spirituality in families dealing with substance use disorders
The Family is a System
di Roy P. Poillon
This is a time where we are greatly challenged mentally, physically and spiritually. All three areas and more need our attention, all three are interconnected. In the family there is a great benefit for those individual members who have a faith practice to draw on their understanding of their beliefs, values and prayer. We can only suggest that in what you believe, now is the time to pause, reflect and ask for God to guide you. Should you choose we can provide to your church or parish a turn key ministry model that can be molded to your needs. just call us 440.385.7605
The family is a system and you need to know how the system works. Each family member is an individual and has a functionality to their own, the way they act and how the can contribute to the family dynamic. We need to know our functionality when it comes to dealing within the family system and how prepared are we, how are we doing matters to the way we can contribute. The degree of our contribution to the family dynamic is our potential. And there are three types of obstacles that interfere with our ability to contribute, we need to be aware of them.
The family needs a place to start towards recover. They need to have an addiction screening completed, brief intervention, referral and then treatment.