What is a balanced relationship?

Are you affected by someone else鈥檚 substance abuse?

One of the qualities of the 鈥渉elper鈥� is the ability to totally focus on someone else, to the exclusion of their own needs. This might lead to difficulty when helping becomes too much of a good thing.

Comox Valley Mental Health and Substance Use will be offering a new open-ended, ongoing educational series called Balanced Relationships and Recovery, starting Nov. 7.

Topics include:

Week 1. The helping Trap

Week 2. How people change

Week 3. How do 鈥渉elpers鈥� recover

Week 4. Boundaries

Week 5. Anger

Week 2 and 3 will have an emphasis on understanding another鈥檚 substance use and recovery and how to maintain balance.

Group meets every Tuesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m at Public Health, Cedar Room, 961 England Avenue, Courtenay. .

No pre-registration is required.

For more information, call (250) 331 鈥� 8642.