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Originally developed for use in the US treatment context, some areas will need to be carefully adapted for use in the UK. This manual contains comprehensive materials for a 12 session family education programme for the family and friends of service users with stimulant use problems. The 12 sessions cover:

• Triggers & cravings
• Alcohol & recovery
• Recovery
• Methamphetamine and cocaine
• Roadmap for recovery
• Coping with the possibility of relapse
• Opiods and club drugs
• Families in recovery
• Rebuilding trust
• Marijuana
• Living with addiction
• Communication traps

Each session is planned to last for about an hour and a half.

Along with detailed guides for workers there are also family education handouts for people attending the sessions. This material is also supported by a series of nine video clips which are available on the Skills Hub.

While designed with stimulant use in mind the basic content could form the core of a family education programme across other substances with adaptions. Individual sessions may also provide some resources and ideas for individual work involving service user’s family & friends.