Recovery: A Family Perspective
A 40-min webinar with Prof David Best on how the recovery process works and the importance of whānau/family in that process.
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a great way to help decrease stress, and increase mental wellbeing. We've rounded up a few videos you might find helpful.
Letting go
A poem about letting go of a loved one; what letting go is, and what it isn't.
"I" Statements
"I" statements help you communicate without blaming. They take responsibility for your own feelings while describing a problem.
When Dialogue And Negotiation Doesn't Work
If your attempts to achieve negotiation have not worked you may then have to impose it by setting a boundary around communication.
About Boundaries
Families/whānau often have difficulty setting boundaries that are effective and manageable. Boundaries give a sense of security and respect.
How am I feeling?
This depression self test is a handy tool to help you determine whether you may have depression and whether you want professional help.
Letter to Friends and Family/Whānau
Your ability to help & support your loved one will be enhanced by using this advice about their relationship with drugs and alcohol.
Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive Communication
A description of the differences between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication, with some scenarios for you to practice.
Chronic Sorrow
When people talk about grief, they usually mean the loss they feel when someone dies. Chronic sorrow is a grief associated with living loss.
Concealed Stigmas and What Science Tells Us About Our Need for Support
Talking with others may help us put things in perspective and realise that alcohol and other drug issues extend to all areas of society.
Harm Reduction Principles for Effective Parenting
Harm reduction principles work best if you're worried about your child using alcohol and/or other drugs.
Love Has No Labels: The Rise and (hopeful) Fall of Tough Love
You've probably heard “you have to let them hit rock bottom.” But tough love does little to help them seek treatment or change.
How to support families and friends with a loved one using methamphetamine
This webinar describes the challenges faced by families & friends of those struggling with meth and introduces an online support programme.
Not My Family, Never My Child
Filled with constructive suggestions & strategies, this book supports parents, family/whānau and friends of drug users and users themselves.
Supernormal: The Untold Story of Resilience
Clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay reveals the world of the "supernormal" - those who soar to unexpected heights after childhood adversity.
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children
This book is a self-help recovery guide for parents who are powerless to stop their kids from self-destruction & how to save themselves.
Get Your Loved One Sober
Get Your Loved One Sober helps family/whānau use supportive, non-confrontational methods to engage substance abusers into treatment.
The Biology of Desire
Through the stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain & what we can do to overcome it.
Restoring communication
We have provided a sample letter in an editable format that might help get you started with writing a letter to your loved one.
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