Service for Family Members of Substance Users

CARE was a service design project for substance use harm reduction focused on educational workshops for the support system of substance users.

Interviews

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Addiction/Mental Health

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Factors for Substance Use

Substances can be used as a coping mechanism for external stressors from life

Anyone can be an addict, and people can often be introduced to drugs through a friend or loved one

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Youth + Naivety

Due to the teenage invincibility mindset, it is difficult to effectively teach the effects of substance use to adolescents who are experimenting with drug use

There is a lack of trusted knowledge and education to inform adolescence of the long term effects of substances

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Shame and Stigma

People suffering from addiction may feel shame because of social stigmas of addiction, which fuels continued use

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Struggles with Quitting and Recovery

Recovery is a non-linear process that has a unique timeline for each person.

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Community Supported Recovery

True community is essential to recovery because it allows the user to flourish with authentic human connection.

External forces can kick off recovery (law/family) because it forces confrontation and change

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Gaby (Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)

Mr. S (Substance User)-Primary Interview

Mr. M (Substance User)-Primary Interview

Mr. J (Substance User)-YouTube Interview

Ms. D (Substance User)-YouTube Interview

Ms. A (Substance User)-YouTube Interview

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Ms. C (Parent of Substance User)-YouTube Interview

Mr. S (Substance User)-Primary Interview

Mr. M (Substance User)-Primary Interview

Mr. J (Substance User)-YoutTube Interview

Ms. D (Substance User)-YoutTube Interview

Ms. A (Substance User)-YoutTube Interview

Workshop Worksheets

Parents with use these two harm reduction worksheets in order to plan a conversation with their child. First,