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Items of Interest
- Media Release - Naloxone To Save More Lives Under Amended Drug Law
- SBS Insight: These two fathers reveal what happened when their child became drug dependent
- Family estrangement and drug addiction can often go hand in hand. These two fathers, who've both experienced dealing with a drug dependent child, reveal the paths they took.
- Pill Testing Explained: A new video explaining pill testing, featuring Dr David Coldicott, produced by Dancewize, Pill Testing Australia and SSDP Australia.
- Language Matters! At FDS we have always tried to avoid using negative labels such as junkie, druggie and addict...
Not My Family, Never My Child Book
A practical handbook by Tony Trimingham for anyone who suspects (or knows) someone they care about is a drug user.
Purchase Tony's Book
Walking a Tightrope
Explanation of the Tight Rope Walker and Balance Pole Metaphor
When someone is confronted in a major crisis in their life, such as a breakdown of marriage or relationship, diagnosis of a serious illness, business collapse or loss of a job, or in particular realising they have a drug problem in the family.
Letter to Family and Friends
Someone you care about is drinking or using drugs. You can see many ways he/she is creating problems in his/her life and creating harm in yours.
Tough love has no place in the FDS model
There is often a debate on ‘tough love’ as an effective strategy for families dealing with alcohol and other drug issues. At FDS we believe that applying punitive strategies is not really effective and, in some cases, may lead to more problems than solutions.
Language Matters!
At FDS we have always tried to avoid using negative labels such as junkie, druggie and addict which tend to shame and stigmatised people who use drugs and by association their families. We would rather use terms like substance user, people who use drugs, drug dependant etc.