Parents' responsibility begins with the "smart raid"... Early detection doubles the chances of obtaining treatment
Addiction...between "social support" and "accounts of shame"
How do we discover a family member falling into the trap of addiction?
What are the effects that should draw our attention?
What action should we take to save the addict from poison, and protect him from legal consequences?
Will we be able to recover it again after undergoing treatment and rehabilitation?
Questions asked by many families, in the hope of obtaining answers that reduce the harm caused by this disease to a minimum.
Specialists and doctors confirm that “social support” doubles the chances of addicts obtaining treatment, pointing out that a large number of them do not receive the necessary or necessary help, due to the parents’ ignorance of the appropriate behavior when discovering the presence of an addict in the home, as many make “shame” calculations. In their heads, they prefer ignoring the problem, denying its existence, until they lose control of their hands and lose the ability to hide its consequences.
They also affirm that addiction treatment is a medical and social responsibility, pointing out that medicine offers a treatment for the problem from one aspect, but there are other aspects, such as the family environment, especially parents, which play a crucial role in this context, thanks to the support it can provide.
An expert suggests that parents carry out clever raids on their children and friends.
Yesterday, Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with the Department of Community Development, the General Women's Union, and the Abu Dhabi Center for Shelter and Humanitarian Care (Ewaa), launched the second version of the comprehensive anti-drug campaign, raising society's awareness of the importance of continuous solidarity between the family and the competent authorities, to protect children from falling into abuse. The clutches of drugs, and the prevention of their destructive effects.
The campaign aimed to shed light on the dire consequences of drugs on youth, families and society as a whole.
The campaign stressed the need for parents to play the supervisory and guiding role expected of them, to protect their children, prevent them from falling prey to drugs, and follow up on abnormal changes in their behavior and general appearance, as it greatly helps in early detection of their involvement in drug abuse, stressing the importance of communication immediately. With the competent authorities, to obtain help and support. This file sheds light on the problem of addiction and draws a "road map" to address it.
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