Are you feeling paralyzed, frustrated, and hopeless due to a loved one's addiction? Patrick Doyle and Laurie MacDougall discuss the REST (Resources, Education, Support, Together) groups, a free program where families experience transformative recovery. Families use REST to find new strategies and skills to communicate with their loved ones. They also address the misconception of enabling and the importance of timing and setting boundaries. Through the power of community, families let go of guilt and shame and gain healthy self-compassion.

Key Takeaways:

Families often feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and hopeless, but REST offers new skills and strategies to create positive change.

Through REST families improve communication skills to create a safe and understanding environment.

Setting boundaries and timing are crucial when addressing addiction-related issues with a loved one.

Families start their transformative recovery with the support of the REST community.

Notable Quotes:

"Words cut deep. Just changing how you communicate can make a positive change." - Laurie MacDougall

"Timing is everything. Knowing when to address something is a skill families can learn." - Patrick Doyle

"Enabling is an antiquated approach. Understanding and compassion can lead to positive change." - Laurie MacDougall

"Confidence comes from learning new skills and strategies and realizing you have control over your own actions." - Patrick Doyle

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Have you financially supported a child with addiction for years and then reached a point where you wanted to change but could not? Have you wondered if your support is holding your child back rather than helping them move forward? Have you wondered if professional coaching might be more useful for changing your behavior, than psychotherapy? This strong resourceful loving mom had tried everything but found herself unable to take care of herself while supporting her daughter with addiction. Through coaching, she changed her behavior to better self-care, which allowed her daughter to find recovery, maturity, and independence. No tough love, no detachment with love, no codependency; by using support, skill-building, and practice, this mom found a way to save her daughter her grandson and herself from addiction.

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While families are often in a position to encourage a loved one to get treatment, they are generally sidelined with inadequate inaccurate information, support and resources. Though many persons with addiction do not have healthy families to lean upon, the minimal support available is largely devoted to parents of young people with addiction. Close friends, partners, and chosen families can also serve as valuable recovery capital that can give people motivation to sustain the ongoing effort required to get better; or to simply stay safe. Meet Alex Colyer and her Albertus Project, who learned the hard way about the many paths to recovery. Alex has used the deep grief from the loss of her bff to fuel her mission; to help families and persons access treatment and get resources needed to reduce the risk of harm.

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