Al-Anon & Family Support Resources in Interior BC

Molly*, who lives in Nelson, has a brother, living in Golden, who is addicted to alcohol. Molly is looking for Al-Anon meetings and other support resources. She also wanted to know of similar resources in Golden for her parents.

This link will take you to helpful information about family/friends and treatment and recovery for addicted loved ones:

http://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca/family–addiction-help.html

This is a list of printed resources on boundaries and enabling in families with addiction:

1. Addictive Relationships: Reclaiming Your Boundaries (1989) Joy Miller
2. Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life (1997) Jan Black, Greg Enns
3. Boundaries – Where You End And I Begin: How To Recognize And Set Healthy 
Boundaries (1994) Anne Katherine
4. Boundaries and Relationships: Knowing, Protecting and Enjoying the Self (1993) Charles Whitfield
5. Boundaries in Marriage (1999) Henry Cloud and John Townsend
6. Boundaries in Marriage – Participant’s Guide (2002) Henry Cloud and John Townsend
7. Boundaries: When to say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life (1992) Henry Cloud and John Townsend
8. Where to Draw the Line: How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day (2000) 
Anne Katherine

Al-Anon/Alateen
Phone: (604) 688-1716
Website: www.bcyukon-al-anon.org E-mail: afgcentraloffice@shaw.ca
Note: Go to the Kelowna section for the BC Interior Office.

NELSON

Nelson Al-anon: http://www.bcyukon-al-anon.org/~bcyukon-al-anon/pdf/DISTRICT22.pdf (There are two meetings in Nelson on this list)

For adults with addiction or concurrent mental health/addiction issues, contact:

Nelson Mental Health & Addiction Services
2nd Floor – 333 Victoria Street
Phone: (250) 505-7248
Note: Hours of operation are Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (closed during noon hour).

GOLDEN

For adults with addiction issues contact:

Golden Family Center (GFC)
421 9 Avenue North
Phone: (250) 344-2000
Offers services for substance-affected family members, screening and assessment, and family of origin work for adult children of alcoholics and relationships. Office hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 to 5:00 PM (closed noon hour).

OR

For adults with mental health or concurrent mental health/addiction issues contact:

Golden Mental Health
907 9th Avenue South
Phone: (250) 344-7555
Hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 pm (closed during noon hour).

Al-anon: http://www.bcyukon-al-anon.org/~bcyukon-al-anon/pdf/DISTRICT23.pdf (One meeting listed in Golden)

RESIDENTIAL

If Molly’s brother wished to attend treatment, this is the public treatment program for the region:

Bridgeway – Intensive Residential treatment
760 Hwy 33 W. Kelowna, BC V1X 6A9
Phone: (250) 763-0456 ext. 402 Fax: (250) 868-7791
E-Mail: info@thebridgeservices.ca Website: www.thebridgeservices.ca/intensive-residential-treatment
This is a link to all BC residential programs (public, private, and charitable): http://www.canadadrugrehab.ca/BC/British-Columbia-Residential-Alcohol-Drug-Rehab-Programs.html#adult

DETOX

Most public treatment centres require some length of sobriety prior to admission. Below is the medically supervised withdrawal unit for the Kootenay area that helps individuals detox:

Phoenix Centre
922 3rd Avenue Kamloops, BC V2C 6W5
Phone: (250) 374-4634 Text: (250) 320-0341 (m-f 9am-3:30pm)
Toll-Free: 1(877) 318-1177 Fax: (250) 374-4621
Website: www.phoenixcentre.org email: ksad@phoenixcentre.org