Christian responsibility response to the dependency problems.

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Christian responsibility - response to the
dependency problems.
Juta Piirlaid Tallinn,11th of Oct.,2008
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Do we have the feelings of responsibility
concerning the different dependency problems? How
it is expressed in the picture of our choices?
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FIELD OF ALCOHOL TENSION
SUPPORTERS - OPPOSITION
ALCOHOLICS
ABSTAINERS
beer parties, wine clubs etc
AA other self-help groups
Non-governmental organisations
Temperance organisations
Churches religious organisations
Legislation
Alcohol producers distribution (legal illegal)
Medical institutions workers
Institutions for maintaining order security
(police, public prosecutor, advocates, court
system, imprisonment centers etc
Mass medium
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Thinking about the Christian churches and
individual christians position in this field.....
Practically 1. Expressions in ones individual
life 2. Expressions in different actions/work
forms - taking aims
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International Federation of the Blue Cross
The IFBC is a politically and denominationally
independent organization consisting of about 40
independant national member organizations. They
are engaged in the prevention, treatment and
after care of alcohol and other drug related
problems. Their approach is based on Christian
values. The IFBC is a multinational networking
community and promotes th exchange of knowledge,
skills and best of practices of the member
organizations.
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Eesti Sinise Risti Liit
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Values and Visions

• Our vision is to develop the IFBC towards
  becoming a networking community, which empowers
  the member organizations to support those who are
  affected by alcohol and other drug related
  problems in a holistic way.
• By holistic we understand the integration of the
  spiritual dimension into the definition of health
  by the WHO. The WHO defines health as psysical,
  social and psychological wellbeing in its
  totality.
• Our work is based on professionalism and the
  Christian values of unconditional support of
  people in need.
• We support both abstinence as an act of
  solidarity with people affected by alcohol
  problems as well as responsible drinking behavior

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Working areaspreventioncare/rehabilitationsoc
ial opinion/politics/ethics
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How to meet problems in practice

• There is lot of things we must truly know about
  the essence of dependency phenomena
• Life-long learning....

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Different manifestations of human essence
Spiritual/ religious
Psychical
Physical
Social/cultural
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Wholeness of human existence and how the drug
problem comes out
Spiritual Appearance CRAVING Psyhical Appearance
ADDICTION
RESTRAINT
INCLINATION
Physical Appearance ALCOHOLISM/ DRUG
DEPENDENCY (DISEASE)
Social cultural appearance MISUSE (DRUNKENESS
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Jorma Niemelä, 1999
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Most used models in dependency treatment
1. AA/Minnesota 2. Cognitive behaviour therapy 3.
Short time therapies problem solving
therapy 4. Network 5. System therapy family
therapy 6. Therapeutical groups group
therapy 7. Creative and action therapies 8.
Christian therapeutical models 9. Medical
therapy
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Comparing voluntary and professional Work

• VOLUNTARY PROFESSIONAL
• PERMISSIBILITIES DETERMINATIONS
• mission salory/work motivation
• personal relatedness connected inside the
  system
• idealistic enthusiasm gt .....is not
  so great
• personal experience gt view to outside
• sharing problem and experience gt institutionally
  distanced
• DETERMINATIONS PERMISSIBILITIES
• incompetence professionalism
• using women without salory work occupational
  wage labour
• locality uneven locality societally
  universal
• possibilities without limits rational
  organisation
• no competence standard requirements competence
  standard level requirements
• uncertainty, insecurity stability publicly
  guaranteed

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PROFESSIONALITY AND COMPETENCE IN VOLUNTARY WORK

• Basis is in all working areas composed by
• knowledge about the essence of human being,
  about his growth and development, about his
  action and social his networks
• knowledge about society and its contemporary
  conditions/requirements/limits/possibilities

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Difference between pastoral care and therapy
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Pastoral care and its 10 commandments

• Stand still. Give your time!
• Trust yourself. Even if the situation is unknown
  be confident you can handle it with help of
  God
• Do not estimate only by your own standards
• Listen, do not interrupt, do not present your own
  positions too quickly
• Offer understanding and latitude, do not condemn,
  do not moralize. Try to accept and understand the
  human being, although you can not to approve all
  his doings.
• Confront the difficulties, do not try to avoid
  them. These appear in the crisis situations often
  - when dark rage has arised in human soul. One
  keeping pastoral care must have the ability to be
  the wall for weeping.
• Help to correct and specify the problems
• Acknowledge your limits as helper and never do
  not promise more than you are capable of
• Lead your client to another place for aid - if it
  is necessary.
• Obligation of confidence pastoral care
  conversations never ever should be a source of
  gossip

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Typology of treatment is based on StudyJorma
NiemeläFaith, Treatment and Recovery. A study
on conversion and Christian care of substance
abusers. Stakes, Research Report 96.Helsingfors
1999.
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Christian work models in the field of
rehabilitation

• Different Christian organisations creating
  different care spaces
• OUTLOOK MODEL
• COMBINATION MODEL
• SERVICE MODEL
• PROFESSIONAL MODEL

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What is good treatment in the Blue Cross?Paper
from the Nordic Blue Cross workgroup, 2005-2007

• The focus on change
• Change is possible
• Standards of quality for treatment
• Treatment without supportive measures after the
  treatment period is often not very effective
• Goal of treatment
• More focus on the family and social network of
  the client
• Taking care of the children

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The NBC view on spirituality in treatment
a. Service/diakonia b. Spiritual needs c.
Spiritual support ! To copy with guilt and
spiritual shame
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What kind of problems are more painful for
contemporary NGO-s

• Not healthy contest and rival atmosphere giving
  influence in NGO-s sectors project based work
  constricting the potential networks.
• Determined priorities of administrative offices
  not accepting activities beyond these.
• Everlasting difficulties to define the relations
  between professional and voluntary work ( f ex
  acceptance of non-formal and practice-based
  education)
• Project work method in practice it is hard to
  guarantee continuity for the activities
• !! Paradox to survive can these who are totally
  independent in their resources or are supported
  by aid from abroad partners guided by strong
  sense of mission

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What can we do?

• In concrete work forms contribute on volunteers
  offering their time instead of money
• Using existing resources organize possibly more
  multifunctional activities (for.ex. evening times
  for self-aid groupes, family clubs Hudolins
  method etc)
• In fund-raising by opening new sources be
  possibly more inventive and flexible supporting
  the previous activities by default also.
• Individual attention and the emphasis to families
  (coodependency victims children, wives, mothers
  e t c )
• In the prevention to be the near-raisers in
  value education - ones every choise and every
  act is the MESSAGE for youngsters
• To extend alcohol-free enviroment by every
  possible way

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Thank you for listening . God bless you!