Topic Tuesday **CLOSED**: Supporting recovery through substance abuse and mental illness

Dual diagnosis. It's like a double dilemma and it can feel like a merry-go-round supporting a loved one's recovery when there are mental health issues as well as substance abuse. It can be hard to tell what symptoms are related to mental illness or substance abuse, making it challenging to provide support.

Sometimes people mental illness will use drugs and/or alcohol as a way of coping with their symptoms. The effects of substances can help to mask symptoms that would otherwise be more evident if they were sober. This means that when people stop using, the symptoms that were once hidden by the effects of drug and/or alcohol, can rear up, making it hard to stay so sober and to get off the merry-go-round of substance abuse.

So how can you as carer support someone through these trying times? Join us Tuesday 23/02 from 7-9pm AEDT @Former-Member and @Hobbit this Topic Tuesday to discuss how.

2 things you can do right now

1. If you haven't already, register so that you can take part on evening and elsewhere on the Forums.

2. Click 'like' if you can make it, and we'll send a call out to you as a reminder on the night.

Can't make it? Leave your question below, and it will be answered during Topic Tuesday