Asking for help can be a challenging process. We know that we need help but the words don’t always come easily. By the time we’ve gathered the courage to ask for help, the situation is most likely to have reached a critical point. This video takes you through the process of how to communicate that you need help, that life has become unmanageable and you cannot go on alone.
Questions and answers on World Suicide Prevention Day posed to Recovery Direct by Independent Online Newspapers. What is the organisation’s role in suicide prevention? Recovery Direct deals with helping people voice many deep-seated issues though highly progressive “talk therapy”. People don’t simply wake up one day and want to commit suicide. Invariably they are…
Help With Alcoholic Neuropathy 5 Day Executive Mental Health Retreat LET’S GET STARTED What is alcoholic neuropathy? Neuropathy is a disorder that causes the nerves in our bodies to malfunction. When neuropathy affects only one nerve is it called mononeuropathy and when it affects multiple nerves it is called polyneuropathy. Alcohol is a neurotoxin that…
When we started Recovery Direct’s rehabilitation facility, we first sought to identify the factors involved in actual recovery and then enlist the services if five professionals who could assist people struggling with substance use disorders find long term recovery and help to establish a world-leading recovery programme. What we unfortunately found, however, was that these…
Goals have to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound (SMART) in order to actualise. Every year on 1 January everyone magically springs into action promising that they will lose weight, go to gym, stop smoking, stop drinking, stop using drugs… This list is endless and a month later very few of these promises have…
Self-harm can be seen as an attempt to cope with problems, release emotional pain or distract you from reality. It includes any act of self-injury that is intentional. Often there is deep emotional distress or trauma at the root of self-harm. The act is carried out to temporarily release painful emotions, but the sense of…
For employers, outpatient is one of the best ways of keeping staff on the path of recovery whilst maintaining the presence at the office or workplace. Outpatient services enable the patients to still go to work and lead a functional lifestyle whilst attending recovery meetings after hours. Company Sponsored Outpatient Sponsoring outpatient services for employees…