How to Help an Alcoholic...

How to help an alcoholic…

An alcoholic can be helped to find freedom from alcohol. And, anyone can help who has some counseling or interviewing ability.

Anyone Can Help
If you care and can see the suffering of the drinker you have what it takes to help a problem drinker. You may be a loved one, a family member, a friend, a work mate or a healthcare professional.

With a little training you will know the special action needed to enable anyone to see the reality of their problem and help them take action to solve the problem.

Window of Opportunity
Problem drinkers and alcoholics will eventually create a problem for themselves, or with other people, or a legal problem, or problems at work – sometimes affecting all these areas at the same time.

When this happens the drinker is in a 'window of opportunity' for listening to someone who cares, and really wants to help, and can help.

Best Practice Helping Plan
Over the past 65 years healthcare workers have been trying out many types of counseling and helping plans for alcohol abuse. One action program has stood out as being consistently successful in getting alcoholics into recovery.

This program has now been refined so that anyone can help. This plan, called BriefTSF, can be learnt and perfected by anyone in a few hours. More information at www.BriefTSF.com

Online Learning for Busy People
The learning modules are available online 24 hours/7days and can be studied in short (2 to 5 minute) sections.

The training leads you through the processes of helping the alcoholic identify alcohol related problems for themselves. This process disturbs alcoholic denial and motivates the person to want to take action.

Motivation and Action Plan
But, more than motivation is needed. The alcoholic needs to know what to do and also support to carry out an action plan. BriefTSF includes sections on all of these.

The action plan includes putting the alcoholic in touch with other recovering people immediately they make a decision that they have a real problem.

The BriefTSF interview may also be applied to family and friends who may be suffering from the effects of a loved ones drinking. They too need a workable action plan.

Compassion and Empathy
You can help when the alcoholic is hurting! You already suspect the person has a drinking problem. BriefTSF will help you decide. Training before the next window of opportunity occurs is essential.

BriefTSF is for helpers who have empathy and compassion.
www.BriefTSF.com