HELP CLIENTS TO SURVIVE THE 'FESTIVE SEASON'

Christmas and the new year are the riskiest times of the year for relapse back into addiction.

 

Here are some top hints and tips on how to survive it - or help your clients to survive it - from past issues of Addiction Today journal.

Download AddictionToday103-SurviveChristmas-by Hazelden

Download AddictionToday79-Survive Christmas

Download AddictionToday85-ChristmasFeelGood

By request from those who remember it, including from the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners' trust, we reprint our article from a decade ago (!):
Download Survive christmas-2000

 

MOCKTAILS

The New York Center for Living offers these fun non-alcoholic drink recipes:
Cranberry Punch
Mix cranberry juice, orange juice, ginger ale or sprite, and garnish with an orange slice.
Pomegranate Mocktail
Mix pomegranate juice with club soda and garnish with a cherry.
Apple Ginger Sparkler
Serve sparkling apple cider with a cinnamon stick and add some crystallised ginger as garnish.