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Stories of Hope and Recovery. Story 4. A Son’s Story
This animation is based on lived experience and tells the story of an adult who grew up in a home where both parental mental health and addiction were issues. The person who shared his story speaks of how he ‘turned his life around’ through accessing support and...
Stories of Hope and Recovery. Story 3. A Grandmother’s Story
We are delighted to share ICAAN’s next instalment from their animation series ‘5 Stories of Hope and Recovery’. This, the third short animation, was produced with support from the North-East Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force and the Family Addiction Support Network...
Stories of Hope & Recovery. Animation 2. A mother’s story
ICAAN are delighted to share with you the second of our short animations from our ‘5 stories of hope and recovery. Our second animation tells the story of a young mum, who struggled with addiction and received help, support and a listening ear in her local community....
Families affected by alcohol-related brain injuries
Families affected by alcohol-related brain injuries are often navigating and processing dual challenges – the impact that long term alcohol dependency has had on them as a family unit over a number of years plus the newer stress that understanding, managing, and...
Addressing Malnutrition in Alcohol Use Disorder
Below are the speakers presentations from Professor Gramlich, Dr Kaanthan Jaawathar and Elaine Neary from the recent webinar "Addressing Malnutrition in Alcohol Use Disorder" Link to the new resource ‘Thiamine, Health Eating and You – You can help to prevent...
‘Supporting Parents and Families Impacted by Alcohol & Other Drugs’
Please see below the link to the Alcohol Forum's new resource ‘Supporting Parents and Families impacted by alcohol and other drugs’. https://alcoholforum.org/ICAAN-Families-Childre
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𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨
𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙤𝙡 𝙤𝙧/𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨? 𝙒𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨. 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙...
“𝙄𝙛 𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙉 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨 – 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩?”
𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗨𝗽 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗡 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗠𝗙𝗠 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗡 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 - 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 €𝟳𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴...