If you need help now, please call 262-524-7920

 

The Addiction Resource Council offers programs that help friends and families concerned about someone they love…..

 

One Family to Another
Your Choice-Live Parents, Youth and Families. Meet another family who has experienced the devastation of watching a loved one ravaged by alcohol and other drugs. Families in recovery meet with other families to identify problems and come up with solutions.

 

Family Support Network
Meet with other families looking for solutions. There is strength in numbers. It is important to know that your family is not the only family who had “tried everything”. Learn what is means to give the disease back to the patient. Facility space will be provided at any time two or more families request it.

 

Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop?
Free community education lecture series focusing on new findings in the science of addiction. Learn what addiction looks like, how addiction affects your family, and what resources are available.

 

Get Your Loved One Sober
Alcohol, drug abuse and addiction affects everyone in the family and circle of friends in unhealthy ways. If you are in a family or a friend of someone with addiction this free class will help you stop nagging, begging, and threatening and teach you how to live sanely while encouraging your loved one to get the help they need.

 

Assessment and Referral
Not all alcohol and other drug abuse problems require treatment although for those that do early intervention is essential. Alcohol and other drug abuse and addiction are progressive, chronic disorders that only get worse and more resistant to treatment over time.

Objective analysis by professional assessment staff who employ active listening, motivational interviewing, and nonjudgment feedback may help your loved one see what is happening to their own life and how it is affecting family and friends.

 

Family Intervention Planning
Understand what you are wiling to do to save a life. Alcohol and other drug abuse and addiction are destructive diseases that often require unthinkable interventions like asking your loved one to leave your home or your family. Worse, your loved one may not be able to understand your intentions and the relationship, strained by addiction, may end at the intervention. Intervention may also be the beginning of a new relationship in recovery.


Do nothing – nothing changes.
More information on Family Intervention Planning

 

Teen Intervene
Teen Intervene is a tested, time-efficient, evidence-based program for teenagers (twelve to nineteen years old) suspected of experiencing mild or moderate problems associated with alcohol or other drug use; the program will also include their parents or guardians. The Teen Intervene program integrates stages of change theory, motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy.

 

Call for more information: 262-524-7921

 

Symptoms of Current Substance Use:

Excessive talking, rapid or slurred speech

Bizarre or paranoid comments

Excessive forgetfulness

Difficulty expressing thoughts

Lack of coordination, poor balance, tipsy walking

Spaciness, inability to concentrate or follow a conversation

Bloodshot eyes

Dilated or very small pupils

Excessive sweating, jitters or jumpiness

Nodding off (eyes closing, head falling forward)

Constantly popping breath mints, chewing gum, or drinking a flavored drink immediately before talking to you (to cover the smell of alcohol or smoke)

Missing prescription drugs like OxyContin or Xanax

Possession of drug paraphernalia such as tin foil, rolling papers, pipes, straws, plastic bags

Increased accumulation of inhalable products such as glue, hairspray, or nail polish

Increased accumulation of over-the-counter cold medicine

Use of incense, room deodorant, or perfumes to hide smoke or chemical odors on clothing or in a room