{"id":888,"date":"2019-06-08T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/?p=888"},"modified":"2021-04-21T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:30:34","slug":"3-june-2019-speaker-meeting-supporting-people-with-addiction-mark-wiseman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/2019\/06\/08\/3-june-2019-speaker-meeting-supporting-people-with-addiction-mark-wiseman\/","title":{"rendered":"3 June 2019 Speaker Meeting &#8211; &#8220;Supporting People with Addiction&#8221; Mark Wiseman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Wiseman spoke to us about The Living Room in Hertfordshire.\u00a0 They are a free, abstinent-based, daytime addiction group therapy treatment service for people living with all types of addictions \u2013 drugs, alcohol, shopping, disordered eating, relationships etc.\u00a0 They also support the Carers or Family Members of a loved one with an addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Unless supported, addiction will remain a chronic condition for people, incorporating cycles of relapse and recovery. The impact on families and communities can be devastating.\u00a0 The Living Room provide non-time-limited peer support therapy, facilitated by trained counsellors, with lived experience of addiction.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago now, our club visited The Living Room and we were privileged and humbled to listen to women telling us of their experiences, including how their addictions would have led to a custodial sentence without the support of The Living Room.<\/p>\n<p>The Living Room is one of the charities the SI Hertford &amp; District support.\u00a0 We have 2 collections a year amongst club members and friends providing essentials that they need day to day.\u00a0 They will also accept donations of pre-loved clothing, bric-a-brac and children&#8217;s clothes and toys at their charity shops in Stevenage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-889\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-889 size-medium\" src=\"\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2019\/06\/DSC_0204-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2019\/06\/DSC_0204-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2019\/06\/DSC_0204-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2019\/06\/DSC_0204-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/hertford-and-district\/files\/2019\/06\/DSC_0204.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate thanks Mark Wiseman for his presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Wiseman spoke to us about The Living Room in Hertfordshire.\u00a0 They are a free,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 June 2019 Speaker Meeting - &quot;Supporting People with Addiction&quot; Mark Wiseman | News | Blog | Events | SI Hertford and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Hertford and District : Blog &amp; News : 3 June 2019 Speaker Meeting - &quot;Supporting People with Addiction&quot; Mark Wiseman : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Hertford and District . 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