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We believe the disease of addiction is devastating to family members and loved ones and that it can impact many others. OhioCAN creates an opportunity for the family, friends and community to embrace and participate in the healing process.
Through our social media groups, peer support and county wide events, families acquire useful insights regarding substance use, the disease of addiction and tools allowing everyone in the family to heal.
Someone needs to take charge. We believe that community-based advocacy groups and families should take the lead.
Through our social media groups, peer support and county wide events, families acquire useful insights regarding substance use, the disease of addiction and tools allowing everyone in the family to heal.
Someone needs to take charge. We believe that community-based advocacy groups and families should take the lead.
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Addiction affects every person, and every family, differently. Quality treatment should not only be about the individual getting well, it should be about the entire family getting well, too.
We really look at the recovery process for families as being parallel to the recovery process for the identified patient. We really need to understand how those people have been impacted to help those people recognize that through this process it’s not just about their loved one getting well, it’s about them getting well.”
Research shows that understanding family dynamics is key in not only the treatment process but also in aiding long-term recovery.
It really starts by educating families that substance use is something that affects everybody. Education is just the first step; OhioCAN provides family support with peers and other family members who are experiencing similar situations. Families need to be able to take the intellectual understanding about the disease of addiction and begin to internalize that understanding so they can resolve the hurt, anxiety, frustration, and pain addiction has caused their entire family.
It really starts by educating families that substance use is something that affects everybody. Education is just the first step; OhioCAN provides family support with peers and other family members who are experiencing similar situations. Families need to be able to take the intellectual understanding about the disease of addiction and begin to internalize that understanding so they can resolve the hurt, anxiety, frustration, and pain addiction has caused their entire family.
