Helpful Information for Families
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The different drugs that are out there typically have different behavioral indicators, or physical symptoms. We break down the types of drugs into classifications. Depressants, Stimulants and Hallucinogens. Many times we have seen that individuals may use multiple drugs to counteract the symptoms of the initial drugs used.
If your gut is telling you that something is wrong, trust your gut.
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You can’t force anyone to go to treatment, but you can get help for yourself by having the right support and resources to make sound decisions. The Ranch Recovery Centers Family Program is available to you even if your loved one is not a client of ours yet. The moment you step out of the chaos and into recovery, you have already started to pave the way for your loved one to get into recovery as well.
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Parents of Addicted Loved Ones www.palgroup.org
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Children are smart, intuitive, and know something is going on, even if you don’t tell them the whole truth. There is help for the children. The Ranch Recovery Centers does not hold a Children’s program, but we refer our client’s children (7-12) to the Hazelden Betty Ford Children’s program.
https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/treatment/family-children/childrens-program
For the very little ones, I highly recommend the Sesame Street series on Parental Addiction. Sesame Street teamed up with Jerry Moe of the Betty Ford Center and created a new character Karli to help the littles understand what is going on in a age appropriate way. .
https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/parental-addiction/
SUPPORT GROUPS
Al-Anon members are people, just like you, who are worried about someone with a drinking problem.
Parents with an adult child dealing with substance use disorder involving either drugs or alcohol find hope and support through Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL).
Co-Dependents Anonymous is a twelve-step program for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships.
Adult Children of Alcoholics founded circa 1973 is a fellowship of people who desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family.
The Wellbriety Movement was started in 1998. The movement is a holistic model based on the use of Native culture to heal from the effects of the genocide and intergenerational trauma resulting from the Boarding School Era.
Refuge recovery is a nonprofit organization that believes Buddhist principles and practices create a strong foundation to recover from addiction.
Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, twelve-step recovery program for anyone struggling with hurt, pain, or addiction of any kind.
Families Anonymous (FA) is a twelve-step program for relatives and friends of addicts.
Nar-Anon, known officially as “Nar-Anon Family Groups”, is a twelve-step program for friends and family members of those who are affected by someone else’s addiction.