Essay On Substance Awareness

For those who are substance users or former substance abuse users their support and relationships can be negatively affected in many ways. When a substance becomes of higher importance than family and friends, that is when if can affect his or her’s social system. If someone does pull away from their social relationship, then the family and friends will become emotionally disconnected. They won’t feel a need to guide and help this person because they seem as if it is to late to save them. Someone who depends on a substance might also lose his or her work relationships. This is because many people who abuse substances stop showing up to work, which leaves co-workers, disconnected from that person. Also, if the person is a parent it could affect …show more content…
This facility rebuilds social relationships by focusing on the individuals needs. Typically one of the first needs they like to address is family. If individuals know there family is supporting them in this intervention they are more likely to stick with the program. After a person is reassured that they have support other needs like wellness, responsibility, and abstinence are taught to maintain these social relationships. A few programs they run include peer groups, family therapy, self-help, process groups, and psychotherapy. The next place I found was called Origins of Hope. Origins of Hope is only for woman who are recovering from addiction. This facility provides a safe environment where woman feel motivated about their life and may attend support groups to share their experiences and learn from one another. Types of thereapy they offer specific to social relationships include family therapy, process-oriented groups, and skills groups. These types of therapy will build their social relationships that may have been destroyed, by asking family members to join their recovery process and by having former users connected with other former users. This facility offers way more than building social support it includes recreational therapy and some activities might be journaling,