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Substance Abuse

Detox chaplain

Didymus works with people that are effect my substance abuse. He works with them in a hospital setting and has also worked with people in local shelters. But his concern is also on empowering all those who have been effected by substance abuse. Through working with this population, he has found that many of the people have experienced crisis, trauma, or other mental health issues that can or should include both substance rehabilitation as well as psychological assistance.

Substance abuse in the Fire Service

Does the Fire Service consume too much alcohol? Do they use too much pain killer to do the job?

Substance abuse in Law Enforcement

Does alcohol help them deal with what they have to handle?

Emergency Service Resources

There are locations for emergency services: 


Frontline Responder Services in Eatontown, NJ 866-676-7500 State that they work with emergency services and actually have separate groups for Emergency Services to talk amongst themselves. They take people from all over the country.


Rosecrance in Rockford Ill, 888-928-5278 has a Florian Project which lasts 30-45 days and works with emergency services and military

Dan Degryse 312-833-0196 


Full Recovery Wellness Center   

87 Fairfield Rd., Fairfield, NJ 07004 * Phone 973-244-5885


Didymus cautions you when you are looking for a rehab facility for substance abuse. Many out there state that they work with Firefighters, Paramedics, or Police, but they just have emergency services in the general population. He finds that those type of facilities would frustrate emergency services, because they do not understand the culture that we live, or the things that we see and have to handle. He also has come across one that said that they work with firefighters, but with that one, you have to belong to a specific firefighters’ union.


Didymus does not endorse these programs and receives no funds from them. He has just located some programs that works specifically with emergency responders, to make sure that this special population get services specific to emergency services.


Please reverify on your own to make sure that it is a good fit.

Faith Based Resources

Celebrate Recovery, Teen Challenge, 


U-Turn for Christ   


Walter Hoving Home   

Hovinghome.org

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What is the Root of the Problem?

I  am going to start off by stating that I am not an expert, nor do I play  one on TV, but sometimes common sense just prevails and makes one  think.


There  are many people today using many different substances for many  different reasons. I remember growing up in a firehouse, where on Sunday  mornings and many nights, the members would drink. Nobody really asked  why. It was the culture. There was one person that had a bottle of  brandy in his pocket. He said that it was to treat a toothache.  


Many  people, society, use so many different substances these days. So many  get hooked on opioids. Some get hooked after surgery. There are some  people that get hooked after a surgery, then the insurance will not  cover the prescriptions to cover it when they need to use it for pain.  They tell me that it is cheaper to use street drugs.  


There  is also another class of people that use substances. That class may be  the people that you may stereotype, but many that you would never expect  to be using substances. When you get a chance to actually sit down and  hear these people’s stories, you hear the other type of pain. You hear  the trauma that they have lived with, the depression, the crisis, and  the "untreated" behavioral/mental health issues. They express that they  feel the pain and use the substances to self-medicate.  


The  question that comes about is why don't they get the help that they need  to handle the behavioral health issues? Is it stigma? Is it insurance?  Is it that they were told that they are not supposed to discuss their  problems with anyone?  


What  challenges are members of your department facing that may be causing  them to self-medicate? Do they know where to reach out? Do they know  that there are locations that rehab and detox emergency services?  Brothers want to help brothers/sisters. We are one family. We,  ourselves, need to get to the root of why we really do a certain action.  People avoid certain people or places because it brings up pain or bad  memories. For others, the pain may be too great.  


If  you know someone who may have a substance abuse problem, including  alcohol, please say something and help them get the help that they need.  There are many treatment facilities out there.  

Other Resources

More Resources

Alcoholics Anonymous 800-245-1377

Al-Anon 888-425-2666 

Families Anonymous 800-736-9805 

Narcotics Anonymous 800-992-0401 

NJ Addiction Services Hotline 844-276-2777 

NJ Connect For Recovery 855-652-3737 

NJ Self Help Group Clearing House 800-367-6274 

Reach NJ 844-732-2465 

The Center for Alcohol And Drug Resources 201-261-2800


CFC Loud N Clear Foundation 

Supporting substance abuse and mental health recovery efforts in New Jersey


Full Recovery Wellness Center   

87 Fairfield Rd., Fairfield, NJ 07004 * Phone 973-244-5885

NJ Cares


NJ Rehabs

 

 

 

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