One person’s addiction affects many more than that one person. Parents often feel helpless and guilty in the face of a child’s addiction, and loved ones often want desperately to help, but don’t know how. At Portage, we recognise that a healthy family support network is the bedrock of an individual’s recovery from addiction, which… Read more »
One out of eight adolescents has admitted to using prescription medication Many youth mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs, since they have been approved for consumption. They don’t necessarily understand that taking medication for non-medical reasons carries severe risks: intoxication, dependency, overdose, and death. to get high, and 70% of them… Read more »
Un adolescent sur huit a admis avoir consommé des médicaments d’ordonnance pour se droguer et 70 % d’entre eux les ont pris à la maison [1]. Les jeunes croient, malheureusement à tort, qu’un médicament approuvé sur le marché est plus sécuritaire qu’une drogue illicite. Cependant, la consommation de médicaments à des fins non médicinales comporte… Read more »
Pendant la semaine québécoise des adultes en formation, Portage souligne le travail de ses deux centres de formation à l’emploi et de réinsertion socioprofessionnelle, à Québec et à Montréal respectivement. Depuis 1987, le centre de Portage à Québec offre gratuitement un programme de réinsertion socioprofessionnelle aux personnes qui se sont libérées de leur dépendance aux… Read more »
During Québec Adult Learner’s Week this week, Portage is celebrating the work being done in its two employment training and reintegration centres, one in Québec City and the other in Montréal. Since it was established in 1987, Portage’s Employment Reintegration Centre in Québec City has been helping people who have had problems with drugs, alcohol,… Read more »
“When I was drunk I would try anything,” says Jesse of his torturous years of drug addiction. At the tender age of 11, he took his first sip of alcohol, succumbing to a heady feeling of peer pressure from his own babysitter. By the time he was 13, he was spiraling down a vortex of… Read more »
The residential phase of Portage’s drug addiction rehabilitation program is a time of intense work and profound learning, as residents build their self-esteem and acquire skills to help them in their long-term struggle for sobriety. Once back out in the real world, Portage Ontario’s Aftercare Program provides them with support and encouragement to maintain the… Read more »
Reintegrating back into everyday life is often the most vulnerable point in an addict’s recovery, as new values, behaviours, and attitudes are put to the test in the outside environment. Portage’s two-year Aftercare Program helps graduates manage this challenge, giving them support and tools to help them withstand negative influences and cope with the stresses… Read more »
La réintégration dans la vie quotidienne est souvent le point le plus vulnérable dans la victoire sur la toxicomanie, car les valeurs, les attitudes et les comportements nouvellement acquis sont mis à l’épreuve dans l’environnement extérieur. Le programme postcure de Portage, d’une durée de deux ans, aide les finissants à gérer ce défi, en leur… Read more »
At the Portage Ontario Fresh Start event this fall, Daniel bravely stood in front of two hundred strangers to tell them about the traumas of his past that lead to his drug problems and criminal convictions. He explained how, while in treatment at Portage, he learned to better understand himself, so that he could work… Read more »
