You may be finding it difficult to choose a treatment facility for yourself or a loved one. With so many choices, how do you decide who has the best treatment? The good news is that the research has already been done, and effective drug and alcohol treatment standards have been established by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

NIDA is a Federal scientific research institute under the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA is the largest unbiased supporter of the world’s research on drug abuse and addiction.
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Do You Love Someone Who is Struggling with Addiction?

Watching someone you love in the throes of addiction can be devastating. The fact that you are reading this means that you care enough about the person to go out of your way to help. As a family member or close friend we know that you have come to New Bridge Foundation to find the best treatment program for your loved one. We also know that if you have been close to someone who is addicted, you have been affected. That’s why our treatment programs address family issues and concerns.
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Decades of scientific research and clinical practice have yielded a variety of effective approaches to drug addiction treatment. Extensive data document that drug addiction treatment is as effective as are treatments for most other similarly chronic medical conditions.
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Watching someone you love in the throes of an addiction can be devastating. The fact that you are reading this means that you care enough about the person to go out of your way to help. That may make the difference between life and death for your loved one.
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Often times, the presence of an addiction is mistakenly viewed as a problem of the identified individual alone and not as a family disorder. Family members, just like the addict, experience pain and dysfunction as a result of the addiction. That’s called codependency.

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Often times, family member or friends plagued by addiction don’t know what to do. Do you remain silent and stay with them or confront them and leave? Should you use tough love or tread gently?

If there is someone in your life that is having problems with drugs or alcohol remember that you didn’t cause the addiction, nor can you cure it, but you can contribute to the recovery of a loved one. You cannot change their behavior, only your own. Below are some tips.

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Family members often take on certain roles within the family system. These roles are not set in stone and family members often take on different roles at different times in their life. Some of the most common roles are:

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We Can Help

Our professional and caring staff understands the dysfunction alcohol and drug addiction has caused in the family member’s life. We have an effective treatment program for the addict and help for the family!

At New Bridge Foundation, we know that if you have been close to someone who is addicted, you have been affected. That’s why we offer a Family Program component to our services. Our focus will not be on how to make someone else stop drinking or using, but rather, on how the whole family can recover – - what each person needs to do to start on her or his own path of recovery. The best support for the person you care about is to make sure you are healthy. For the family members, that means learning about chemical dependency and how it has affected you, then beginning to change the destructive patterns to healthier behaviors.
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We have found that there are basically two general categories of destructive patterns of behavior; compliance-pleasing others, and control-manipulating others. The following is a checklist of characteristics, behaviors, and attitudes. In responding; it may be helpful to use the notations: “Always,” “Usually,” “Sometimes,” “Never.”

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