Supporting Our Kids With Substance Misuse While Caring For Ourselves

Resources

WEBSITES:

• Covenant House, Vancouver
• Drug Cocktails (facts about mixing medicine, booze, and street drugs) 
• Foundry – Substance Use
• Here to Help – Cannabis Use and Youth: A parent’s guide  
• Here to Help – Supporting People Who Use Substances
• Here to Help – Talking about Substance Use with Your Child
• Kelty Mental Health – Substance Use & Youth
• Moms Stop The Harm – Naloxone  
• SACY Resources for families and caregivers 
• Together We Can Drug & Alcohol Recovery & Education Society
• Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
• Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) model 
• Families for Addiction Recovery (FAR)

VIDEOS:

• How an Addicted Brain Works – Yale Medicine

BOOKS FOR PARENTS:

• Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change – by Jeffrey Foote, Carrie WIlkens, Nicole Kosanke
• Parents like us. The unofficial survival guide to parenting a young person with a substance use disorder 
• Recognizing Resilience: A Workbook for Parents and Caregivers of Teens Involved with Substances 

MORE FROM FAMILYSMART:

• Building Connection With Our Kids When It Feels Impossible (video)
• Substance Use and the Power of Support (video)
• Substance Use – Relationship over Responsibility (video)
• The ABCs of Substance Use and Connecting With Our Kids (video)What to Say to Kids (and Teens) When Nothing Seems to Work (video)

CRISIS SUPPORT NUMBERS TO PHONE/TEXT:

• Crisis Centre B.C. – You can call/text 9-8-8 if experiencing thoughts of suicide, or call 310-6789 if experiencing a mental health crisis.
• KUU-US Crisis Line:  For First Nations or Inuit, call 1-800-588-8717. For Metis Nation, call 1-833-638-4722
• Kids Help Phone – text 6-8-6-8-6-8