Road to Recovery: What kind of support do families of people with addiction need?
We continue our Road to Recovery series by looking at the support that's available for families of people with addiction--and what's needed. Our panel is: Lisa Grant, Families for Addiction Recovery peer support; Stephen Hall, Together We Can family group facilitator; Nichola Hall, From Grief to Action co-founder
If you need assistance, here are some service providers in B.C. who can help:
- Families for Addiction Recovery: farcanada.org or call 855-377-6677
- Together We Can offers a free education and support program for families of people with addiction: twcRecoveryLife.org.
- Parents Forever organizes support meetings for parents (and other family members) who have adult children struggling with addiction. Find more information at parentsforever.ca.
- Nar-Anon offers a 12-step program for families and friends of people with addiction: naranonbc.com.
-B.C. Centre on Substance Use's family supports guide:
https://www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Coping-Kit.pdf
For a full directory of services across B.C., call 211 or visit bc.211.ca.
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