“Families in crisis have wrongly been labeled dysfunctional families. Families are not the problem—they are the opportunity. When we understand ourselves as the opportunity, we see our world with a new vision. We dare to hope for our dreams to materialize. We imagine once again what it will be like to be happy” AddictionAlcoholismRecovery From AddictionTreatment For AddictionIntervention For Addiction Book:Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention Source: Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention
“We need to do things differently beginning now. If you are a family member or friend who loves a person who has an addiction, you know the nightmare. There is the nightmare of refusing treatment. There is the nightmare of not staying in treatment. There is the nightmare of not staying sober after treatment. This list doesn’t even begin to include the many losses, the fear, the worry, the desolation. Professionals alone cannot do the job. We clearly see this truth all around us. Getting the job done requires a resource that has long been relegated to the sidelines, given no meaningful role to play in the treatment and recovery journey. This resource, as it turns out, is the most important one of all—the family.” AddictionAlcoholismDrugs And AlcoholRecovery From AddictionTreatment For AddictionAddiction Intervention Book:Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention Source: Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention
“Coming together takes the powerless and makes them powerful. Structured Family Recovery brings this power to the family and, in co- operation with the larger recovery community, stands firm in the face of addiction, which trespassed into our homes and multiplied itself into our lives. We crowd addiction out by building a family life brim- ming with togetherness and recovery, even though we may start out not knowing our way back to each other.” FamilyAddictionAlcoholDrugsRecovery From Addiction Book:It Takes A Family: A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety Source: It Takes A Family: A Cooperative Approach to Lasting Sobriety