Supporting families with loved ones struggling with or lost to substance use or working on recovery is the focus of a new group in Williams Lake.
Recently a Moms Stop the Harm and Holding Hope peer-led support group were formed in the city and they are inviting everyone to a gathering Wednesday, May 1 at the Nathan Matthews Memorial Skate Park beginning at 10:30 a.m.
“It will be a place to meet people, be outside in a safe environment and have a bit of support if you need it,” said Doreen Laughlin who said the group started about the six weeks ago. “The input has been enormous and the connections are huge.”
She said the group is open to everyone.
Moms Stop the Harm encourages communities to view people with a lens of empathy and compassion, instead of stigma.
“It is so needed in our community and each community,” Laughlin said.
Moms Stop the Harm is a network across Canada that advocates for change in drug policies.
In its vision statement, the group calls for an end to the “failed war on drugs through evidence based prevention, treatment, and policy change.
For more information email holdinghopewilliamslake@gmail.com.
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