Addiction to alcohol or other drugs or gambling is an illness that has a profound effect on both the individual and his or her family members. Living with the disease of addiction can be a chaotic and unpredictable experience. Family relationships are often torn apart, leaving family members feeling helpless and hopeless in their efforts to stop the destructive spiral of addiction. Yet it is the love, support and understanding of family members that can be crucial in the healing process and can play a pivotal role in an individual’s long-term recovery.
At Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers, we believe that the development of meaningful and supportive relationships for our clients is an essential ingredient for success. We recognize the immediate and long-term benefits to individuals in recovery when their families are involved in treatment. Therefore, we strongly encourage families to participate in Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers’ Family Program.
Through our Family Program, we incorporate self-awareness and knowledge of family dynamics. We emphasize:
The Family Program is open to spouses, partners, parents, siblings, other relatives and friends who are interested in learning about substance abuse and how it affects them, to learn coping skills and to gain insight into how to support a loved one with a substance use disorder. You do not have to have a loved one receiving services or involved in a treatment program in order to attend the Family Program.
There is help available for your loved one. Restoring healthy family bonds and repairing your family dynamic is absolutely achievable.
In conjunction with our Family Program, we encourage family members to attend Al-Anon, Nar-Anon, or Gam-Anon meetings for continuing support. Unlike Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gamblers Anonymous, these meetings are strictly for the family members of those in recovery from a substance use or gambling disorder. At these meetings members share their experience, strength and hope with others who have similar challenges. Support and often-times lifelong friendships are forged during these critical passages in a family’s struggle with addiction.
Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers has helped thousands of Lake & Geauga county residents conquer their substance use disorders and turn their lives around.
Our mission is to promote lifelong recovery from addiction through education, prevention, and treatment regardless of ability to pay.
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