Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 24, 2011 under How to Help a Drug Addict | 
What is the difference between an addicted individual and one who has stopped their drug taking? If we examine this, we can learn something useful about drug addiction.
Let’s stand them together. Someone who has ceased consuming dangerous and addictive drugs stands right next to a fully strung-out, stoned, blurry eyed drug addict. We should try to pick out the differences, the user from the ex-user.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on February 23, 2011 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
To help a drug addict, any addiction counselor can tell you, the first hurdle is to get the addict’s agreement to receive help. No amounts of advice or friendly mannerisms are going to make a difference if there is no willingness to quit drugs.
This can be difficult; it often is, but definitely not hopeless. This is called intervention and can be the most difficult part of their recovery from addiction. The good news is this, there are things you can do or say to bring them to the realization that help is needed. Here are some very important points to keep in mind:
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on February 6, 2011 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
There are always options, for any situation. Many situations have very few ways to go and some situations offer more choices. Finding the right solution to a problem such as drug addiction can mean life or death for the addict, so listing the choices and examining them is vital.
Here is a list of the most common paths an addict might take in an attempt to reach sobriety:
1. Try to stop using without help
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on July 27, 2010 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
My pleasure to post an article from the blog, Sobering Thoughts, By Sigal Adini
At anytime during the process of getting a drug addict to treatment you can do an intervention. Honestly, I have seen so much time and thousands of dollars wasted and more importantly, death, due to delayed interventions, that at this point, I say just cut to the chase and do an intervention.
I know it can be confusing to the family. Why should you do an intervention if the addict is not willing to go to treatment? If you cannot convince him, who will?
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on July 13, 2010 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
This is the call I get the most and it is also the easiest question to answer. How can you help your son or daughter get off drugs? Get them to treatment, NOW.
This may sound like it is over reacting, but when a young person is unable to quit drugs on their own, it means that their addiction has already become more than they can handle.
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