Straight Talk
No child ever said, "When I grow up I want to be a crack-smoking, heroin-shooting, alcoholic." Yet so many end up in the prisons of addiction. Prisons where crank stretches minds to the breaking point, heroin dulls the emotions such that a true threat of death elicits no response, and crack stands guard controlling its prisoner's every move.
How did they, the children who had no intention of going that way, end up there?
Most entered by the gate. Gateway drugs are those drugs that most young people start on before they get locked into the heavier ones.
Straight Talk is a program funded by the United Way and presented by Triumph Treatment Services, targeted at educating school children about the harmful effects of (tobacco, inhalants, alcohol, marijuana) the gateway drugs.
Triumph Treatment Services is taking this program into the schools,churches, and youth groups in the hope that some children may be saved by knowledge who might otherwise have perished.
How To Cope
Alcoholism and drug addiction are powerfully destructive diseases that negatively affect every person with whom the chemically dependent person has relations . Whether you are a family member, friend, coworker, or employer, How To Cope can help you understand and cope with chemical dependency.
This group is held on Mondays at 5 p.m., and provides an opportunity for family members and significant others of a chemically dependent patient to learn about alcoholism and other drug addictions and how they affect the whole family.
Out From Under
Children are often the silent victims of chemical dependency. Affected by their parents, guardians, or other significant person's addictions, they suffer mental, emotional, and even physical trauma that could negatively affect them throughout their lives.
This group is held on Mondays at 5 p.m., and is for children, ages 7 through 12, who have a chemically dependent parent. The group helps children understand what addiction is and gives them a safe environment in which to share their feelings.
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