Topic: Alcohol-Related Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
Author: Forum Administrator | Posted: 31 Jul 2003 |
What can we do to reduce alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour such as physical assaults, domestic violence and child abuse?
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Topic: Re: Alcohol-Related Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
Author: Steve Kitchener | Posted: 25 Aug 2003 |
Greater support for youth and family support services in establishing early intervention programs that target all ages in their approach to breaking the cycle of destruction of families
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Topic: Re: Alcohol-Related Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
Author: Christa Bidgood | Posted: 25 Aug 2003 |
identify the core of the problem. where there is alcoholism and addiction in the family the parents will lie and cheat manipulate and abuse the system and the children. I am an alcoholic and addict a wife and mother of three young adult children who out lived my alcohol and drug abuse. i needed the treatment the children did'nt. Take my children away and I will loose my life line because no matter how much you may have thought I neglected my children the truth is I loved them and was defenceless to protect them. I could not use alcohol and drugs and still care for me and my family no matter how hard you tried to teach me give me money and
asked people in to help me. It was always the same, I would lie and cheat. I needed to drink and drug more than live decently. Until I was made responsible for my actions and accountable for my actions nothing would change. All the money in the world did not make it better. If docs gave me money my children would still get second hand clothes. I only bought them so I could tell you and show you I have done the right thing. The truth I needed the money to drink and drug. I needed to be urined, I needed to be forced into doing things, like going to Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to treat my disease of alcoholism and addiction and get the help I needed. Once the alcohol and drugs were removed I became open to support and councelling then I was entitled to a home and a better way of life not before hand. I placed my children at the mercy of a lot of men after the marriage broke down due to drugs and alcohol and my children suffered. Today they understand.
They went to Alateen they learn;t how to forgive me and thier father and the past and today they have become great citizens of society my daughters are 21 and 22 and a year ago they saved a deposit for their own house which they bought and now share. We all love one another after nearly 15 years of neglect and abuse. It is possible and I could share m
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Topic: Re: Alcohol-Related Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour
Author: Robert Fearnside | Posted: 26 Aug 2003 |
Eliminate the drug's availability. Alcohol plays too much of central role in our communitites. Within every shopping area or community block, there is an alcohol outlet of some sort. I am grateful never to have been an alcoholic but I can only sympathise with the difficulty they must face at every turn, when trying to give up, facing the bottle at every turn of our cities and communities. No wonder they hit the bush! Limit the outlets and there hours- and it might assist in eliminiting some of the crime and abuse.
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