I Need Help
Sadly people helping loved ones with addiction don't seem to be treated the same as caregivers for other diseases.
However, losing work over someone else's addiction is very real. Not having time to take care of important matters or taking care of yourself is real.
This is expected with other illnesses, but somehow over looked in cases of addiction.
What SMLO has to Offer
Below is what SMLO plans to offer as soon as we are up and running as a non-profit.
Thrive! Family Recovery Resources
seeks to bring hope and restoration to the families of loved ones suffering from substance use or co-occurring disorders by providing resources, support, education, advocacy and healing connections with compassion, understanding and love.
Pam Lanhart - Praying Our Loved One Home
An interventionist trained in family systems, a nationally certified family recovery coach and peer recovery coach in the state of Minnesota, Pam is passionate about helping families acquire the tools they need to deal with difficult or resistant loved ones, while staying healthy themselves.
FamilyRX - Recovery for Families
Revolutionary online programs and recovery coaching providing healing medicine for families impacted by substance use and mental health conditions. Where knowledge, kindness and connection are your super powers.
Nar-Anon Family Groups A - 12-Step Program for Family & Friends of Addicts
The Nar-Anon Family Groups is primarily for those who know or have known a feeling of desperation concerning the addiction problem of someone very near to you.
AARP - Caregiver Life Balance
Obviously AARP didn't design this for our circumstances, but there is still valuable information.
Links to help with the Caregivers Support
Below are some outside sources for Caregiving
SAFEProject - Now is the time to act: Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic!
100,306 Americans lost their lives to overdoses from April 2020 to April 2021. This is the highest number of Americans lost to overdoses ever recorded. Fatal and nonfatal overdoses surged in the early months of the pandemic, and are on track to increase. To overcome the addiction epidemic, it requires our collective action. That’s why SAFE Project works collaboratively to bring solutions to communities, campuses, workplaces, and active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. Please help SAFE Project end addiction by turning hope into action.
Moms Against Drugs - No one else has to walk in our shoes! Speak up, Share your Story, Stop the Stigma
Our mission at M.A.D./Drug Epidemic Awareness Walk Across America is to honor the memory of loved ones we have lost to the drug epidemic & to support grieving families through education & advocacy initiatives to prevent SUD & end the stigma of addiction. Proceeds go towards future events, education & prevention.
Moms Stop the Harm - located in Canada, but good info
Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) is a network of Canadian families impacted by substance-use related harms and deaths.
Mothers Against Prescription Drug Use
There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child.
Other Organizations that are doing something about Opioid Abuse
While SMLO is getting up and going, below are a couple really good organizations that are working on the Opioid epidemic.