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Solutions For Families Struggling With Substance Abuse

Are you struggling, wanting to help a loved one find recovery? You’re not alone and you’re not crazy. It’s hard, but we can help.

 
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Why families feel stuck
in chaos, stress, and confusion

 

✓ Unsure of what to say or do next
Carrying unnecessary shame and guilt

✓ Feeling unprepared and hopeless
Experiencing fear of the unknown

 

There is a solution. 

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Your Simple 3-Step Plan for Your Peace of Mind

Discovery

First call. Discuss goals, explain the process and required email for Step 2. Schedule the next call.
—about 20 minutes

Detail

Discuss in detail the best next steps and expectations. Develop actions to be taken, list local and/or possible resources. Schedule a Step 3 follow-up call.
— 50 to 60 minutes

Define

Evaluate success from Step 2. Finalize necessary actions to confidently move ahead, with no regrets down the road. People do recover; there is a solution. 
— 20 to 40 minutes

 

Together, we’ll create a plan that saves you money, time, and stress, leaving you with no regrets down the road.

 
 

Substance abuse, left untreated, gets much worse over time.

 
 

Joe Herzanek

Author and Certified Addiction Professional

 
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What Our Clients Say…Real RESULTS!

 
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“I feel empowered, not as hopeless as before. Joe cuts through the junk and spells things out in short, sweet no nonsense terms!”
— Pat M. (Loveland, CO)

“…being able to soak up your information like a sponge is truly a miracle. I took your advice, followed our plan, and took positive action. You gave me the courage to take simple steps that have significantly improved a bad situation.”
— Marilyn S. (Rochester, NY)

“I wish I had been knowledgeable enough to have talked to Joe the moment I suspected my significant other had a problem with alcohol addiction. It would have saved me a great deal of money, time, and pain.”
Ginnie R. (Augusta, Georgia)

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“Addicts and alcoholics aren’t crazy…and they CAN quit.”

— Joe Herzanek

Hope for Families Struggling with Addiction 

▪ Real-life solutions to help you now
▪ Inspiring first-hand recovery stories from real people!

  • Watching a loved one immersed in an intense battle with alcohol and drug abuse may be the most difficult, complex and harrowing experience you'll ever have. This book offers a message of hope to families and friends, giving practical solutions so they can help anyone struggling with addiction to begin the road to recovery.

    Updated Edition: Contains new chapters and info on: Heroin, Shame and Stigma, Harm Reduction, Marijuana, Synthetic Drugs, 12-Step Groups and The Church, and much more!

    You'll discover:
    ▸ How to effectively intervene.
    ▸ Why a person doesn't have to hit rock-bottom.
    ▸ When helping is actually hurting.
    ▸ Why quitting is not the same as recovering.
    ▸ How to deal with relapse.
    ▸ The importance of faith and hope in recovery.
    ▸ Why a parent would leave their child due to their addiction.
    ▸ Answers to over 30 common, and not so common questions.

Books, Kindle, Audiobooks & DVDs available

 
 

“Joe combines a lifetime of personal and professional experience dealing with this issue in a practical and highly personal overview. This book is excellent. I wish I’d had it years ago!”
— Sheriff Joe Pelle (Boulder County, CO)

 
 

ADDICTIONS

Find out more information about the addictions that are most commonly encountered by families.

 
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