Addiction Recovery 101 was started year’s ago in my old practice location in Bellaire, Texas (we are now in Memorial/Hedwig Village area). We started it to provide a beginner’s seminar for parents, partners and spouses who have a loved one struggling in active addiction, a loved one who had recently entered treatment or one who had recently gone to treatment and was now in early recovery.
For people with a loved one in active addiction, there are lots of questions and a world of unknowns. And the internet hurts at least as much as it helps, with outdated, misdirected and opinion rather than fact driven information. It can be an overwhelming time of fear, frustration and sadness. This seminar is intended to provide a starting point; an introduction and entry into the “what do we do now?”. This seminar is here to help explain the nature of the disease of addiction and how to get help.
When it came to people who had a family member currently or recently in treatment, we found that many were missing out on the resources they had available to them, for one reason or another. Most treatment facilities in Texas provide some sort of education and therapeutic support services to the family while a client is in their care. The robustness of these services widely vary, but most places offer something. We realized however that many times family members were unable to make the drive to facilities located at a distance and often times missed the most intensive information given during what many treatment centers refer to as “Family Week”.
With the changes from the pandemic, many of these services began to be offered virtually. This is a great adaptation and kept service and support going – but there is an apathetic sterility that comes from handling highly intimate and personal information via the screen. Many families would opt out or lost interest quickly in these opportunities.
Below you will find a listing for a one-time seminar to help you get started. We offer it 1-2 times a month. It’s kept fairly small; 12-15 max, in attendance each time. This is done on purpose – because it’s critical information and a critical time – we want the experience to be informative and meaningful.
The information is below. If you’d like to attend, give us a call and we will send you the form to register. Thank you for visiting and we appreciate the courage and fortitude it has taken for you to get here.
Just remember to breathe. You can do this.
