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CMHA-WECB recognizes National Addictions Awareness Week

Mar 6, 2020

Addiction does not discriminate, it affects all walks of life.

That’s the message of this year’s National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW), an annual campaign from November 26 to December 2 led by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction (CCSA). This year’s NAAW theme, All Walks of Life, highlights that addiction does not discriminate and affects people of all ethnicities and socioeconomic classes. This could be your colleague, your friend, or someone in your own family. The campaign urges us to come together and work towards reducing the stigma and stereotypes around substance use, addiction and recovery.

To increase awareness of and reduce stigma, CMHA encourages the public to STOP and consider whether language used:

NAAW is an opportunity for Canadians to learn more about substance misuse, prevention, and treatment. In Canada, one in ten people suffer from some type of substance use disorder and approximately 21 per cent of the population (roughly six million people) will meet the criteria for addiction in their lifetime.

CMHA-WECB offers a Concurrent Program, which provides ongoing support to individuals who are experiencing addiction and mental health issues.  The program currently offers individual and group support and case management services.  The STAGES group (Sobriety Through Accessing Group Education and Support) provides an ongoing maintenance and peer support for individuals who have already received treatment for addictions.

The REACH group (Recovery Education and Creating Hope) is a four week skill building group for individuals that are wanting to learn basic skills to reduce or stop their substance use. This integrated service is offered to clients registered in CMHA services and non-registered clients who may have received treatment elsewhere in the community.  The Concurrent Disorders program also offers a  Family Support and Education Group for individuals that have a loved one living with a Concurrent Disorder.

For more information on CMHA’s addictions services, click here.

 

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