Friends and family can play a crucial role in supporting someone who is dealing with addiction, a disorder, or mental health issues. By offering emotional support, encouragement, and understanding, loved ones can provide a valuable source of strength and comfort. However, it is important to educate themselves on the specific issues their loved one is facing and understand the challenges and struggles that come with addiction, disorders, and mental health problems. This will help them to provide more effective support and assistance. Additionally, they can encourage their loved ones to seek professional help and treatment and can even accompany them to appointments or support groups. Overall, the support of friends and family can be instrumental in helping someone overcome addiction, disorders, or mental health issues.
Protecting your sobriety during the Holidays
The Holidays are here, and with it they bring a whole new level of stress. It doesn’t matter whether you are new in recovery, (though the first Christmas is a little overwhelming for many), or you have been sober a …
Are you dreading the Holidays?
The holiday season has arrived in all its festive glory. What is generally thought of as a joyful period, parties, celebrations, and time spent with loved ones; can, for some people, be a much gloomier prospect. Many will find Christmas …
The role of anger in addiction
Addiction is a devastating mental health disease. It is characterised as not having control over the use of a substance or the participation in an activity, to the point where its continued, and/or excessive use, is harmful for you – …
Student life: alcohol and drugs
The school holidays are coming to an end. Following six weeks of having the kids at home, hanging around under your feet; after snacks and entertainment (pre-teens); or sleeping in until lunchtime then rising and grunting at you (teenagers); getting …
The role of social media in eating disorders
Many studies have been done on the link between the media’s portrayal of the perfect body image – that of a thin female and muscular male – and the ever-growing obsession with body size; the unhealthy and sometimes dangerous weight-loss …
5 tips for supporting a loved one in recovery
Substance misuse is a global problem. Alcohol is associated with almost 3 million deaths annually. In addition to this more than 76 million people are currently dependent on or abusing alcohol, and an estimated 36 million people struggled with a …
Substance abuse in teenagers
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2021 World Drug Report stated that over 36 million people worldwide suffer from drug use disorders. The early use of substances is associated with abuse problems later in life – most …
The festive season – alcohol use, family, stress and more …
The whole festive season is synonymous with alcohol. Drink parties at work, boozy Christmas lunches, mulled wine at the carol service. The prospect of having a drink is everywhere you go, with people letting their hair down, enjoying the celebrations, …
5 Signs of a codependent relationship
Always doing the right thing, caring what others think, putting others first – all good traits, ones that would make you a great friend, partner, or family member; and it is correct to think of other people, their needs and …
The impact of addiction on the family
Addiction is a devastating mental health disease that impacts the whole family. Not only do family members have to watch someone they love kill themselves slowly, through drink, drugs, or a behaviour, but the effects are far-reaching as it influences …
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