The Benefits and Negatives of Having Personal Experience with Addiction in the Family

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3325 - Discussion 11
Caregivers are being included in the treatment of individuals suffering from addiction. Their inclusion in the therapy process allows the victim to feel supported and encouraged through their recovery. Thus, although it has benefits, the burden of supporting addicted loved ones using this technique also triggers several disadvantages.
One of the benefits of having a loved one with addiction is that individuals enjoy the privileged of multi-family therapy groups. In this way, a family interacts with others who are grappling with a victim of addiction. These interactions console families and enable them to deal with the problem constructively. Moreover, it equips them with resilience skills to effectively overcome the associated stigma.
Other families enjoy attending sessions where a multi-family group curriculum is taught to understand addiction and how one deals with it. The program consists of three sessions. In these settings, family members learn tha...