Understand how alcohol and illegal use of drugs affect a healthy lifestyle of the user and the family
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Health effects of alcohol’ on the Drinkaware website.
- ‘Living with an alcoholic’ on the Alcohol Issues website
- 'Drugs and drug use’ from the NHS Inform
- 'How addiction affects the family’ from the Addiction Center website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Watch ‘Cirrhosis: Phil’s story’, produced by NHS Choices, that looks at the potentially life changing impact of alcohol on the liver. Click on the right arrow to watch a series of videos on the potential side effects of some illegal drugs.
- These drug videos from Talk To Frank cover the potential side effects of ecstasy, lsd, cannabis, and cocaine.
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘Alcohol and illegal drugs’ on the Drinkaware website that explains how alcohol and drugs interact and the dangers.
- The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has produced this report by Marina Barnard on ‘Drugs in the family: The impact on parents and siblings’.
- Click to read this article from NSPCC on ‘Alcohol, drugs, and parenting’.
- The website One You, from the NHS, has an article on how to ‘Drink less’.
- Click to visit the British website of Alcoholics Anonymous, a community which provides information, resources, and support to those who are recovering alcoholics.
- This website belongs to Narcotics Anonymous providing support to those who want to live without using drugs.
- The Frank website gives information about the different drugs that are available and helpful articles.
- Think And Challenge
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