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Category: Alcohol Intervention

  • Bill Stevens Presenting @ Recovery+ & Intervention+

    Bill Stevens Presenting @ Recovery+ & Intervention+

    Training, Education, Insight, Opportunity, Networking, Credits….

    Recovery Plus: 22 May 2015, Hilton London

    Save time, save lives – do you increasingly encounter patients/clients with alcohol or drug problems? If so, benefit from this intense fully-rounded ‘crash course’ in how to recover from addiction: from the basics to neuroscience to mutual-aid groups to LGBT, BME, factors in the elderly vs youngsters, and more. You will meet more people and learn more at Recovery Plus than you could from months of research. Organised in response to demand: www.recoveryplusdb.com.

    Interventions Plus: 23 May, Hilton London

    Speed reluctant addicts into recovery – for families and professionals who want to add a 2nd string to their career. Chaired by Rebecca Flood, immediate past president of the Association of Intervention Specialists.

    Bill Stevens C.I.P.  of RedChair is a guest speaker and will be presenting on Friday Afternoon, and is part of the panel on Saturday.

     

    Please sign up and attend this fantastic event with speakers from all over the world. Hear what you need to from the best in the business.

  • Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

    Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

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    Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD)

    There are numerous references to the insanity of alcoholism. Denial, repression, euphoric recall, minimisation, maximising, knocked off, irrational rationalisations etc etc. For those of us working to help people with alcohol problems get better, we realise more than most that it can take weeks for seemingly “normal thinking” to awaken in the client after they have detoxed.

    Alcohol Concern – All In The Mind

    A recent report, “All In The Mind” by Alcohol Concern highlights the impact of alcohol on the human brain and just how damaging this process is. Long term effects of regular alcohol use is known to be damaging to both psychological and physiological aspect of the person. This public health challenge comes from physical and mental health impairment caused by alcohol consumption. An insidious process, the problems creep up and often go unnoticed until some major incident occurs. This could be mental breakdowns, liver damage, anxiety, psychotic disorders,

    Intervene Now

    It is never to early for a Family Intervention. When a person continues to drink despite having developing problems in life, then they may already have developed psychological damage that means they genuinely can not connect mentally and therefore emotionally with their own reality. They will alibi and avoid the issue, not out of bloody mindedness, but early stages of alcohol induced mental health issues. Being alcohol induced, it is imperative that Family members intervene with this person now.

  • 13 Drink Drivers Arrested Every Day In Manchester Area

    13 Drink Drivers Arrested Every Day In Manchester Area

    13 Drink Drivers Arrested Every Day In Manchester Area

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    Punish The Behaviour or Treat The Condition? We think BOTH!

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    AlcoScan Breath Test

    There are more background stories and reasons as to why someone will drink drive than pebbles on a beach, and for anyone who has lost someone to a drink driver, not one reason is good enough.

    As an experienced specialist addictions counsellor I applaud the efforts to reduce the amount of drink induced death and injury. A police cell is a great time to honestly admit to oneself that you have a problem. Often the drink/drive is the final rock bottom for a progressive relationship with alcohol that has left the good times far behind. The problem drinker needs good treatment.
    I have found that a small percentage of drink drivers have just taken their last drink at the point of being arrested, because with the right balance of legal intervention, honest family and friends and a court / probation who are willing to work with an experienced independent therapist, then an abstinent based care plan can be put in place.
    No one ever got drunk if they never took the first drink. I often work with individuals who have had long standing problems. The drink drive is the perfect opportunity for family, friends, society and the law to say enough is enough, but punishment is not a treatment for the psychology of dependence on drink or any other addiction for that matter. Good treatment is essential. Bill Stevens Addictions Counsellor & Family Interventionist at www.redchair.co.uk

    How We Can Help

    RedChair will meet with a person facing a drink drive for a therapeutic assessment with a view to assisting in a care plan where the person is Genuinely and Honestly willing to pursue a treatment for their condition. A formal assessment, a court report and working with probation can result in a sentence that supports a clear abstinence based change supported by effective therapy. The sentencing can then be quite tough if the person fails to remain sober and represents with an alcohol induced criminal outcome. This velvet glove approach understands that addiction to alcohol is a treatable condition when the individual is able to consistently engage in a program of personal change.

    Of course, sober persons will never re-offend.