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"Enabling" refers to helping someone suffering from addiction, to continue the addiction. You can enable without even realizing it…but it's easy to stop enabling and start helping.

Enabling vs. Helping: How to Help a Drug Addict Successfully · Support Systems Homes in San Jose We all want to help friends/loved ones suffering from addiction. But what's the best way? Getting them drugs is called enabling, and it only hurts.

💤 Sleep vs. Addiction: Decoding the Crossroads Where They Meet 📚
Unravel the strange connections between sleep and substance use. As a vital component of our well-being, sleep can play a big role in how we suffer from addiction…and in how we fight it. Don't stay in the dark - click to learn!

How Sleep and Addiction Interact · Support Systems Homes Blog Sleep plays a critical role in recovering from addiction. Yet addiction hurts sleep quality. How do we untangle them and get some rest?

"So what did you do in the treatment?"
"Made rock music."
"Really?"

Really!

Music Therapy - Making Music as a Way to Recover from Addiction · Support Systems Homes in San Jose What activities take place during a rehab program? How about making rock music? We're lucky to have one of the best music therapy programs in the U.S.

Tired of watching a loved one struggle with addiction? It's time to take action - and here's the way to do it. This page gives you a way to help them, safely.

https://supportsystemshomes.com/help-loved-one-with-addiction/

Helping a Loved One with Addiction | Support Systems Homes Addiction is scary to watch when you're close to someone. Here's how to help them seek recovery, through a Northern California treatment center.

We made it to the end of 2022. Pour a glass of sparkling water, or (non-alcoholic) cider, and enjoy it!

What do you plan to do better in 2023?

Happy Holidays from the Support Systems Homes team! Our main office is closed on Christmas Day, but our Emergency Support number is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 800-811-1800.

In case you could use holiday gift ideas for someone in recovery, here's some!
-Gift certificates for an online class or subscription box
-Winter clothing - gloves, mittens, a wool scarf, a funny hat
-A good book always works!
-Specialty sodas or sparkling waters

What ideas have you had?

In order for our team to enjoy the holiday, the Support Systems Homes main office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Our Emergency Addiction Support number remains opens 24/7, at 800-811-1800. Enjoy your time with family!

Now Hiring Certified Counselors at SSH!

Are you interested in working in a recovery environment?

We have immediate openings for those interested in a career in addiction recovery. Please send your resume/email inquiry to: [email protected]

Thank you.

To all our clients past and present…need a little support? Come to an Alumni Night at SSH in San Jose! Everyone who's completed a treatment program with us, and stayed sober, is welcome.

This post has all the details.

Alumni Night is Back! · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Alumni Night is back at SSH! Everyone who completed a rehab program and has stayed sober is welcome to join us, every 3rd Tuesday at 7:00pm.

Happy Halloween! Please remember to celebrate responsibly. Avoid the drinks…and maybe don't go overboard on the candy.

For a good event option, consider the "Boo at the Zoo" tours at our local zoos.

Oakland Zoo: https://www.oaklandzoo.org/centennial/events

San Francisco Zoo: https://www.sfzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo-featuring-sloth-oween/

Oakland Zoo | Events Our centennial is a time of celebration, and we have many events happening throughout the year to mark the occasion. You, our members and guests, are our extended Zoo family and we exist today because of your support. So, we thank you and invite you to join us for an event during this special milest...

In case you could use holiday gift ideas for someone in recovery, here's some!

-Gift certificates for an online class or subscription box

-Winter clothing: Gloves, mittens, a wool scarf, a funny hat

-Specialty sodas or sparkling waters

-A good book always works!

What ideas have you had?

Does your parent suffer from an addiction? Often, adult children with suffering parents want to help, but aren't sure how to approach them about it. This post should help prepare you.

https://supportsystemshomes.com/how-do-i-convince-my-parent-to-accept-addiction-treatment/

How Do I Convince My Parent to Accept Addiction Treatment? · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Adult children with parents suffering from substance abuse can and should try to help. But prepare for objections and struggle.

Friends and loved ones can enable an addict in many ways. These are only the most documented ones:
-Ignoring their negative behavior
-Giving them money
-Covering for them
-Blaming others for the addict’s drug use
-Doing their chores or taking care of their commitments for them
If you want to give an addict genuine help, these are some of the most effective ways to do it.

Enabling vs. Helping: How to Help a Drug Addict Successfully · Support Systems Homes in San Jose We all want to help a friend or loved one suffering from addiction. But what's the best way? Getting them drugs is called enabling, and here's why it hurts.

Chances are you deal with stress in your own unique way. If that way involves drinking, maybe take 3 minutes and read this. It'll give you some better, and longer-lasting stress-busters.

How to Avoid Using Alcohol to Escape Stress · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Alcohol may offer a tempting escape from stress, but drinking won't relieve it. Instead, tackle the stress directly - and avoid addiction, or relapse.

Once they’ve gone through treatment, many newly-sober friends need a period of adjustment. They’re not sure if they should associate with pre-treatment friends or not. You can tell them you’re there if they want to hang out, but let them make that call.
If they want to spend time with you, it means you’re a good friend to them. Someone they value.

https://supportsystemshomes.com/how-to-relate-to-a-newly-sober-friend/

How to Relate to a Newly-Sober Friend · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Your friend went through treatment for alcoholism. They did it; they got sober. Great news! Only now you're not sure what to do when hanging out with them.

If you want treatment for an addiction, but don't think you can get the time off work for it (especially right now!), it's okay. You have options. In fact, several rehab options exist that adapt to a work schedule.

How Do I Take Time off Work for Drug Rehab? · Support Systems Homes Want to get into rehab, but feel you can't take the time off from work you'd need? You have options. Special programs & rehab types that work with you.

If "going to rehab" sounds boring, how about "going to music therapy" instead? You're receiving help for addiction, but you're getting it by making music! How's that for motivation?

Music Therapy - Making Music as a Way to Recover from Addiction · Support Systems Homes in San Jose What activities take place during a rehab program? How about making rock music? We're lucky to have one of the best music therapy programs in the U.S.

When you have surgery, the doctor gives you medication to help with pain while you heal. The same thing happens in some cases of addiction - giving the person specialized medication to help them heal. It's called "Medication Assisted Treatment," or MAT.

What MAT Means and How It Helps with Drug Rehabilitation Programs · Support Systems Homes In rehab circles, MAT stands for "Medication-Assisted Therapy." It involves using FDA-approved medications to release a person from addiction over time.

You can detox from an addictive substance in a few ways. They all work in the same manner: flushing the substance out of your body while monitoring your condition.
The safest & most effective way to detox sometimes involves using medications. Thanks to modern medicine, we have several medications which make the process easier to go through.

What Does "Medically Supervised Detox" Mean? · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Detox begins the drug rehabilitation process. We talk about medically-supervised detox in the industry…but what does that term really mean? Find out here.

If "going to rehab" sounds boring, how about "going to music therapy" instead? You're receiving help for addiction, but you're getting it by making music! How's that for motivation?

https://supportsystemshomes.com/music-therapy-making-music-as-a-way-to-recover-from-addiction/

Music Therapy - Making Music as a Way to Recover from Addiction · Support Systems Homes in San Jose What activities take place during a rehab program? How about making rock music? We're lucky to have one of the best music therapy programs in the U.S.

Alcohol-related deaths spiked in 2020, over 25%. It's not hard to understand why. Trouble is, they're still rising.
What would you do to help?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/18/health/alcohol-related-deaths-rise/index.html

Alcohol-related deaths in the US spiked more than 25% in the first year of the pandemic, study shows | CNN The number of deaths in the US involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research published Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Now Hiring Substance Use Technicians at SSH!

Are you interested in working in a recovery environment?
Can you work weekends/evening shifts?

We have immediate openings for those interested in starting a career in recovery, or would just like to earn some extra income while helping others.

Please send your resume/email inquiry to: [email protected]

Thank you.

Did your drinking increase during the lockdowns? Has it gotten to the point where your life's hard to manage? It's not too late. Read this post for understanding how lockdown-induced drinking happens, and what you can do about it.
https://supportsystemshomes.com/pandemic-induced-drinking-is-growing-did-it-affect-you/

Pandemic-Induced Drinking is Growing - Did it Affect You? · Support Systems Homes in San Jose Many saw drinking as an escape during the lockdowns. But alcoholism can sneak up on us if we're not careful.