Toughlove is the way out
Toughlove can help your family who has someone struggling with addiction.
TOUGHLOVE is the loving solution for families that have a member who is struggling with addiction.
Desperate parents started Toughlove in South Africa in 1988. It is a self-help programme to support families dealing with a crisis such as drugs, alcohol or abuse of any kind.
Thousands of families worldwide have been helped by this method and broken relationships restored. The organisation is called Toughlove because it is tough on the parents or families that have to change. Many people think it is only the addict or abuser that needs to change, but the parent, partner and families have to change first.
As people attend the meetings of Toughlove, they realise that their behaviour and reactions to the situation compound the problem, and they are shown how to change these behaviours.
At the meetings, members are never told what to do, but they are assisted to make the changes in their home that will ultimately start to change the behaviour of the troubled person. Toughlove is not run by professionals, but by family members who have practised the principles and have an abuser in the family.
Group members have all been through or are still going through similar situations and can support one another. The substance or addiction may differ, but the behaviour of the addict follows a similar pattern.
Toughlove meets on Tuesdays at 6.30pm to 8.30pm at the LewenSentrum in Meyersdal.
For more information about Toughlove please contact John at 072 341 5455 or Debbie at 082 330 1378 or find them on www.toughlove.org.za.
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