Helpp!!!?! DRUG ABUSE!?

Question

How can families and friends make a difference in the life of someone needing treatment?

Answer 1

Professional intervention helps. You can also have a family meeting and agree to stop certain behaviors that are co-dependent and enabling, but here is why you do better with an intervention specialist because even your question indicates co-dependency may exist. Help yourselves by going to Nar-anon, Al-anon or Codependents Anonymous mtgs. in your area. More information can be found on the internet, just type in any of these and you will go to their sites.

Back to what I was saying: An intervention specialist can set up treatment, help you set up an intervention and rehearse with the family. Its a lot of work so paying for the service is worth it, but keep in mind your loved one may still tell you to shove it.

Answer 2

You just have to stop enabling and leave them to either realize they need help themselves or hit rock bottom. They will just be pissed off if you try to intervein when they aren't ready and they'll avoid you and do more drugs

Answer 3

call the mental health/ drug assosiation

dept.  

Answer 4

suggest help.

take them to a doctor.

Answer 5

You can help that someone regarding his treatment, you can advice him/her to undergo treatment at any rehab center and refer him/her a nice treatment center.  

Answer 6

Talking to the person serioulsly and let the person know that his her drug abuse is jeopardizing the relationship with the family and friends. Also offering him or her information about places to go to get treatment, and providing transportation. Tell the person that the family and friends love him or her. And be persistent. try to track the person down wherever him or her go. and dont give him or her money. give him or her food. and pray for that person.

Answer 7

Get together and have an intervention.  You can all gather together separately at first to plan it out.  If possible, you can all write him or her a short letter stating what changes you've noticed since he or she started using and how it has affected your lives individually.  The key is to state why you are writing this letter, and that is because you love or care for this person so much.  Sometimes it's best to use tough love when writing this letter or talking to an addicted person.  There have to be boundaries set:  For instance, you could tell this person the consequences to him or her if s/he doesn't get treatment, your relationship will change in the following way(s):  (i.e. you will no longer be a friend to them, or you will no longer allow them in your home, etc...)  It has to be harsh.  They have to see that they will no longer have the same relationship(s) with all of you should they decline treatment.

It's a very hard, emotional thing to do but I highly suggest it.

Best of luck to you and to the one needing the help!

Answer 8

I am an ex-drug addict, meths to be specific, now 5 years sober.  I was addicted for about 12yrs.  The best thing my family did for me is quit helping me.  They still loved me but practiced what is called tuff love, I wound up homeless living in a tunnel.  That is when I hit rock bottom and knew I had to change.  Let them know you love them sooooo much that you can no longer enable them to continue living the way they are living.  Suggest a re-hab program, there are plenty of programs out there that will take them in for free, most of them are bible based, but very good.  Personally I went to Victory Outreach, and it changed my life, well Jesus did, but I met Him there.  Hope this helps.

Answer 9

You can let them know that you are there for them, and maybe you can get them to understand how the drugs are affecting them and their life.  Sometimes it is hard as they are addicted and do not want to get off the drug.  Also, I had a son into some drugs and he just was not thinking rationally at all, he was paranoid and anything I suggested just flipped him out.  So, sometimes it is hard to get the person to see how bad it is when they do not think rationally.  From my own experience with my son, I do think that they have to come to the conclusion that they do need help and do want to change their life before you can really help them.

Answer 10

Best is the Family support and going to a Detox Center for the therapy inorder to get rid of Drugs in system. Once the person is off Drugs a therapy session with psychologist is recommended.

Answer 11

rally around the person who is in trouble i guess and pull him out of the deep end

Answer 12

be real let them kno u feel deep about this!

let them kno u care!