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Safety First

Any step to reduce use or to lower the risks when using substances is a step toward wellness. Helping your loved one take prescription medications safely and keeping them as safe as possible if they use substances can be lifesaving.

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Skills and Supports for Well-Being

Learn more about life skills and supports that can help your loved one live a more rewarding and fulfilling life.

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Continuing Care

Recovery is an ongoing process, and your loved one will need your support to help manage their recovery over time.

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“Recovery isn’t perfect,” Hampton says. “There can be challenges, hiccups, even slips, but these are opportunities to learn. Offering support, love, encouragement and resources can truly help a person change.”

Recovery is a process of change. People learn new ways to improve their health and wellness and to reach their full potential. However, it is truly a process where each person decides how to seek help, work through a substance use problem or a mental health challenge in their own unique way. The involvement of family and friends who believe in their loved one’s ability to succeed is critical to the long-term success of this process.

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Housing Supports

Safe and stable housing is one of the most important needs when it comes to recovery and well-being.

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Managing Relapses (Return to Use)

Recovery is about progress, not perfection, and relapses might happen. Learn how to support your loved one and help keep them safe throughout their journey.

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Additional Resources

Steps toward well-being can take time and we will be there with you as your guide. Read below for more resources and support.

More tools to help you and your loved one.

Help and Hope by Text

Our personalized text messaging program is designed to help you support your loved one and yourself whether your interest is in prevention, intervention, treatment or recovery.

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Online Support Meetings

Join our free Online Support Meetings for parents & caregivers of children experimenting with, or dependent on, substances. Hosted by specially trained parent coaches, with clinical oversight. We are solution-based, and we discuss real-life issues, and apply evidence-based skills and techniques to help address them. Also available are tailored meetings for specific situations, such as grief groups.

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A Skill-Building Course Addressing Teen Substance Use

If you suspect or know your child is engaging in substance use or other unhealthy behaviors, all you want to do is get them back on track. More effective communication and proven ways to change challenging behaviors are key to healthier outcomes.

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