Save your dear ones

It is very important to protect yourself and your dear ones from any kind of destruction like drugs .You need to be educated and a patient person to bring a change in the life of a person.Educated does not mean the degrees but the knowledge about the drugs, their effects and the mind to understand other person. Any effort which is made honestly is rewarded sooner or later, so every single person should take the responsibility to make this world beautiful and healthy. Addiction is eating our society badly it is the cause of many crimes,homelessness,sickness etc.
If you are not an addict or if you were an addict you are fortunate enough to make the change in somebody's life only the zeal is required. As we all know ''charity begins at home"at least as parents,husband,wife,child or as a friend we can do our level best to protect our dear ones from getting into the addiction .Love and care has a lot of power and can make the impossible possible.The route cause of addiction in most of the cases is loneliness, lack of family support their love and affection. As a family if we need to succeed to keep all our family members united and happy by understanding and respecting them. Our family is the smallest unit of the big world and we can make this big world better by making the small units better. So love and respect your family and friends and abolish atleast few causes which leads them to addiction.

quit smoking(nicotine)

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Q4L is organized around 4 central steps: Get Psyched, Get Smart, Get Support, Get On With It. The site has been re-designed as an interactive and personalized 4 week web program.

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Related Resources

• Evaluation of the Quit4Life Youth Cessation Demonstration Project
• Quit4Life - 12 Month Follow-up Evaluation

prevention

Educational Workshops

At the YMCA of Greater Toronto, we believe that education can help address many addictive behaviours. That is why we offer a range of educational workshops designed to help people who are dealing with addictions as well as those who care about them – like parents, family members, and teachers.

Our educational workshops focus on the following two key areas of addiction:

• YMCA Youth Gambling Program
• YMCA Youth Substance Abuse Program

The workshops we offer include:

• Attending your group meetings on a regular basis to facilitate educational sessions
• Custom-building presentations for your group on either a one-time or ongoing basis
• Training your team in substance abuse, counselling, harm reduction, and health related issues

The above info has been taken from http://www.ymcatoronto.org/en/youth/other-support-services/outreach-awareness/educational-workshops.html check it out