Helping to Stop Using Alcohol, Tobacco & Drugs

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LIST OF RESOURCES

INFORMATION ABOUT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS004

TITLE

SOURCE

AUTHOR

Addiction or Freedom (See Page 29 of this Guidebook)

Ensign, Nov. 9 , pg. 6 Text available on http://library.lds.org

Elder Russell M. Nelson

Substance Abuse

Website: http://providentliving.org/ses/media/articles/0,11275, 2875-1---70,000.html

LDS Family Services

 

Repentance and Addiction Recovery  

A Guide to Missionary Service: Preach My Gospel P.187- 190

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Addiction Recovery: A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing

Website: http://www.providentliving.org/familyservices/ AddictionRecoveryManual_36764000.pdf

LDS Family Services

 

He Did Deliver Me from Bondage  

Website: http://www.rosehavenpublishing.com
Phone: 1.888.790.7040

Colleen C. Harrison 

Hold on to Hope: Help for LDS Addicts and Their Families.

Local Bookstore (Foundation Bookstore)

Vaughn J. Featherstone & Dr. Rick H.

 INFORMATION ABOUT TOBACCO

TITLE

SOURCE

AUTHOR

Addiction or Freedom

Ensign, Nov. 1988 , pg. 6
Text available on
http://library.lds.org

Russell M. Nelson

Tobacco: Quitting for Good 

Ensign, Feb. 2002, pg. 50
Text available on
http://library.lds.org

Janet Brigham 

Hooked! 

New Era, Sept. 1995, pg. 40
Text available on http://library.lds.org

Janet Thomas 

He Did Deliver Me from Bondage

Website: http://www.rosehavenpublishing.com

Phone: 1.888.790.7040 

Colleen C. Harrison

 

You Can Quit Smoking Now!

Website: http://www.smokefree.gov

U.S. Government

You Can Quit Smoking Consumer Guide.

Website: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/quit/canquit.htm

Center of Disease Control (CDC)

Health & Human Services National Quitline Number

Phone: 1.800.784.6869 (QUITNOW) 

U.S. Government 

INDICATORS OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Evaluate the possibility of a mental illness by watching for the following.

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Prior History

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Self-harm acts, like cutting oneself

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Talk of suicide or suicide attempts

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Prolonged or severe depression

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Tension-caused physical problems

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Undue, continuing anxiety and worry

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Withdrawal from society

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Alcohol and drug abuse

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Confused or disordered thinking

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Hallucinations or delusions

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Unjustified fears

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Obsessions or compulsions

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Inappropriate emotions

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Substantial, rapid weight gain or loss

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Too much or too little sleep

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Excessive self-centeredness

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Loss of touch with reality

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Persistent negative self-image and outlook

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Inability to maintain good interpersonal relationships

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Bizarre religious beliefs and behaviors

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Excessive feelings of remorse and guilt

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Extreme high and low feelings/moods

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Inability to feel love

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Strong feelings of anger

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Inability to take care of one’s personal needs

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Inability to manage responsibilities or solve problems at school, at church, at work, or at home.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUPS

Latter-day Saint Resources To Help Stop Using Alcohol and Other Drugs

LDS Family Services Support Groups

Phone: 1.800.453.3860 or http://providentliving.org

Heart t’ Heart

Website: http://www.heart-t-heart.org

General Resources To Help Stop Using Alcohol and Other Drugs

Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)

Phone: 1.212.870.3400 or Website: http://aa.org

Marijuana Anonymous (MA)

Phone: 1.800.766.6779 or
Website: http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org

Narcotics anonymous (NA)

Phone: 1.800.467.7314 or Website: http://www.na.org

Al-Anon and Alateen

Phone: 1.888.4AL.ANON or
Website: http://www.al-anon.alateen.org

 

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES

LDS Family Services

Phone 1.800.453.3860 (LDS Church Headquarters) ask for LDS Family Services

Website http://providentliving.org/ses/emotionalhealth/contact/1,12169,2128-1,00.html

 

LDSCounselors.net
Sponsored by Association of Mormon Counselors & Psychotherapists (AMCAP)

Phone 1.801.583.6227

E-mail mail@amcap.net

Website http://ldscounselors.net

 

Non-LDS Sources- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Treatment Referral Hotline (SAMHSA)

Phone 1.800.662.4357

E-mail Webmaster@atgetfit.net

Website http://getfit.samhsa.gov