Family is one of the most important aspects of drug addiction. It is one of the aspects of life that suffers the most while a person is suffering from addiction, as the addict’s relationships with parents, children, siblings and spouses steadily deteriorate. A person who falls into the trap of addiction will often be heard lamenting the fact that his or her substance abuse has cost the trust and happiness that they once enjoyed in the home. Family is also one of the strongest magnets that pull a person back from the brink of ruin, giving an addict the encouragement and incentive to decide to quit and make it through rehab to a recovery.
The hope of restoring relationships with loved ones and returning to a life of happiness together helps many addicts persevere through the challenges they face during rehab. Perhaps even more important is the role that family can play in preventing drug addiction, by providing support for a person who might otherwise be drawn into the cycle of substance abuse, and serving as a buffer against the stress and pressure that often drive a person to drugs.
Narconon Arrowhead Celebrating Family Fun Month
In recognition of the vital importance of family in helping people avoid drug abuse and addiction, Narconon Arrowhead has been celebrating Family Fun Month throughout the month of August. The event is intended to help families come together and forge stronger relationships with one another through fun and engaging activities. Families often get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of today’s busy world, that they tend to take one another for granted and don’t spend the time they should appreciating their relationships and enjoying what they have. Family Fun Month helps to turn this situation around by encouraging families to spend quality time together and to work to establish better connections.
Narconon Arrowhead supported the goal of Family Fun Month by publishing a press release with several suggestions for families looking for ways to bond and enjoy their time together. These included ideas such as having a picnic in the park, visiting the great outdoors, getting out into the community for events such as concerts, art shows and farmers markets, having a family barbeque, and more.
More and more, family is being replaced in today’s world by all manner of distractions and substitutes. For example, it is not uncommon to find that everyone in the house is spending the evening staring at a TV, computer, tablet or phone screen, each person drawn into his or her own world. In effect, everyone in the family ends up being isolated from the others to a large degree, and the family becomes that much less of a family. It is exactly this type of situation that Family Fun Month is intended to remedy.
A Simple Reminder
Very often, all it takes is a simple reminder to bring families back together, and the message of Family Fun Month helps to encourage people to take time to foster their family relationships. Supporting events like this is an important aspect of the work that Narconon Arrowhead and other Narconon centers around the country do. Narconon is known as a drug rehab program, but the Narconon organization also invests considerable amounts of time and effort in working to prevent substance abuse and addiction. As important as it is to provide effective solutions to addiction for people who are suffering, it is even more important to stop that from happening in the first place.
If Narconon Arrowhead helps the message of Family Fun Moth reach even one more family and this serves to prevent drug addiction in that family, it is more than worth the effort to spread that message far and wide.