VITA Family Education

VITA Family Education Program

VITA offers you Family Services -- Call (615) 320-7770

Education about addiction and alcoholism
Education about codependency and enabling
Introduction to support groups such as Al-Anon, a support group specifically for family members of chemically dependent people
Introduction to the 12-Steps and recovery dynamics
Education about living with individuals with other mental health problems

Family Disease

Since you are in a close relationship with someone with an alcohol or drug problem, you know that it is impossible to care about an alcoholic or addict without having your own life affected. You may have stopped doing things that you once enjoyed, focusing all your time and attention on the addict or alcoholic. You may have noticed changes in yourself or other family members.

Family Recovery

As your loved one enters treatment at VITA, you may be giving a sign of relief and looking forward to life returning to "normal." Now that the "problem" is getting addressed, you may think that everything else will fall neatly into place. Experience tells us that this is not the case. Family members, too, need support during this time of transition from addiction to recovery. It's time to pat attention to your needs, too.

Al-Anon

Al-Anon meetings are safe, confidential settings where family members of addicts and alcoholics can talk with each other. By sharing experience, strength, and hope, family members can begin their journey into recovery, whether or not the addict or alcoholic maintains sobriety. Call Nashville Al-Anon (615) 385-4404.

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