Addiction is everywhere, its potential is in every one of us.
Not
as in a light-hearted jest of being addicted to everyday activities, but
where there is damage as a result. Lying hidden in human
vulnerability, addiction creeps up on a person so that once they realise
what going on...its often too late for anything, other than extreme
measures.
And recovery rates are not good when you are trying to return from the brink.
Truth
be told, treatment stats have barely changed in 50 years. 30:30:30 - Recover: Relapse: Die.
Some services have better outcomes, but its not
across the board and its certainly not through treatment that's
available to everyone.
So it strikes me that as
a society our best chance to improve our outcomes is to better
understand this plague. To recognise it in its infancy. I
believe it is our obligation. Where global warming is the outside
priority, for without a world we have nothing, I believe addiction is
the job we need to attend to on our insides. Without self respect we are
savages.
The stigma, the shame, the denial:
these things blind the addict and those closest to them to delay
treatment until its too late.
As they say
in long term recovery groups, while you are in therapy, your addiction
is outside the room doing press ups... and I believe this. It is eating
our nation alive and right under our noses.
The
parents are the gladiators who will need to fight this battle and win;
and to do that they need to be armed with information, confidence and self
respect before they become parents.
That is
why its so important to understand this illness; this raging disease
that destroys us when we are at our most vulnerable; when we love and
when we hate and despair so much we cannot love.
To
see it in its infancy is to recognise it before it manifests in its
deadly force; it is to recognise it in its human disguise, it is to know
the Core Characteristics™
Lets begin at the beginning...
Mandy Saligari MSc FDAP NCAC (accred). Founder, Executive and Clinical Director / Senior Addiction Counsellor Mandy Saligari founded Charter Harley Street in 2008 and over the last five years, she has revolutionised the way addiction is diagnosed and recovery is delivered. Mandy’s success lies in her ability to operate at the intersection of nature, nurture and emotion.
Charter Harley Street....
Recovery For Life
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