C.A.R.E. Florida Launches Family Weekends to Help on That Long Road to... (ocesses is that they only work the "...)

C.A.R.E. Florida Launches Family Weekends to Help on That Long Road to Recovery

Date:11/18/2008

ocesses is that they only work the "front end" - i.e., the patient. What is hoped to be accomplished through family weekends is to also work the "back end" of the treatment - the family. For families dealing with an adolescent drug abuser in need of treatment, this is essential. Families can now effectively deal with the "terrorist" in the family by "learning to effectively communicate and set boundaries to avoid being manipulated, lied to and otherwise controlled by the addict." The distinction C.A.R.E. FLORIDA hopes to evoke and clarify for families of addicts is the difference between loving the addict in the family and enabling them.

Also, the C.A.R.E. family is helping an addict's family build the necessary tools for when the patient has completed their addiction treatment. What role in support should the family play and at one point does the literal "property" of the addict's recovery become their own again? A necessary division, when understanding that recovery is a road that is owned by the addict, while the behavior of the family member is a family matter. For example, what should a family do in the case of a relapse or crisis? C.A.R.E. FLORIDA illuminates these issues through these specialized family weekends.

Furthermore, just because the patient is receiving treatment does not mean that there is not a grave amount of stress placed on family members. C.A.R.E. FLORIDA offers several workshops that make it possible for family members to find counseling and support groups, while also opening up discussion between the family member and the patient--thereby facilitating an interactive communication between participants.

Regardless, the steps that C.A.R.E. FLORIDA are taking to help both drug abusers and their families work together o
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