The importance of families, whānau and friends
Tony Trimingham, Founder of FDS Australia, talks about the importance of families, whānau & friends to people using alcohol or other drugs.
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Stepping Forward: Session 1
This video provides information on the key models of change to help you understand what's going on for the user and their family.
Families Matter
Join FDS's NZ founder, Pauline Stewart, talking with NewstalkZB on how important families are to people using alcohol and/or other drugs.
Reinventing Recovery
Dee Dee Stout reveals that it isn't the alcohol or other drugs that are at the core of the problem: they are but a symptom.
Health Check: What Makes it So Hard to Quit Drugs?
A look at why reducing use, getting off or staying off can be difficult for those dependent on alcohol and/or other drugs.
Please Hear What I’m Not Saying
A poem about the masks we wear to pretend we are doing okay, when really what we need is someone to see beneath the mask.
Codependency is a Toxic Myth in Addiction Recovery
Codependency has been thought of as a disease, people enabling loved ones to continue to use substances. But its tenets are not supported.
Rehabilitated
Rehabilitated is Valeria Tokoar’s raw account of insecurity, anxiety, alcohol, drugs & prostitution, & how she managed to get life on track.
Clean
A myth-shattering look at drug abuse and addiction treatment based on cutting-edge research. David Sheff reveals how addiction really works.
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
Marc Lewis writes about his own journey to recover from addiction to become a developmental psychologist and researcher in neuroscience.
Unbroken Brain
This book challenges the idea of addiction and addictive personalities, offering a new perspective that addiction is a learning disorder.
Online Counselling Video
This video lets you sit in a counselling session which addresses concerns family/whānau of people using alcohol and/or other drugs have.
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