Getting Through Withdrawal: A guide for people trying to stop alcohol use

Synopsis
This booklet is written as and aid for people who are thinking about, or trying to stop using alcohol. The booklet provides pracitical information and advice about the process of alcohol withdrawal. The reader is guided toward a clearer understanding about what to expect, as well as to make confident decisions based on what they want and need from the experience.

Audience
People going through alcohol withdrawal, family members, and support people. Community health centres, GPs, and drug and alcohol workers are purchasers of this product.

ISBN: 0 958 6979 3 0
ARP: $2.20 incl GST
36pp, A6 saddle stitched book
Fitzroy Vic: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., 1996. Revised 1999

Getting Through Withdrawal: A guide for people trying to stop amphetamine use

Synopsis
This booklet is written as and aid for people who are thinking about, or trying to stop using amphetamines. The booklet provides practical information and advice about the process of amphetamine withdrawal. The reader is guided toward a clearer understanding about what to expect as well as to make confident decisions based on what they want and need from the experience.

Audience
People going through amphetamine withdrawal, family members, and support people. Community health centres, GPs, and drug and alcohol workers are purchasers of this product.

ISBN: 0 958 6979 1 4
ARP: $2.20 incl GST
36pp, A6 saddle stitched book
Fitzroy Vic: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., 1996. Revised 1999

Coming off Methadone: A guide for people considering coming off methadone

Synopsis
This booklet is written as an aid for people who are thinking about, or trying to come off a methadone program. The booklet provides practical information and advice about the process of methadone withdrawal. Some of the information is specific to people who were or are heroin users, however, the book is also relevant to people who have been dependent on other opioids.

The reader is guided toward a clearer understanding about what to expect as well as to make confident decisions based on what they want and need from the experience.

Audience
People going through methadone withdrawal, family members, and support people. Community health centres, GPs, and drug and alcohol workers are purchasers of this product.

ISBN: 0 958 6979 0 6
ARP: $2.20 incl GST
36pp, A6 saddle stitched book
Fitzroy Vic: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., 1996. Revised 1999

Getting Through Withdrawal: A guide for people trying to stop heroin use

Synopsis
This booklet is written as and aid for people who are thinking about, or trying to come off heroin. The booklet provides practical information and advice about the process of heroin withdrawal. The reader is guided toward a clearer understanding about what to expect, as well as to make confident decisions based on what they want and need from the experience.

Audience
People going through heroin withdrawal, family members, and support people. Community health centres, GPs, and drug and alcohol workers are purchasers of this product.

ISBN 0 958 6979 2 2
ARP: $2.20 incl GST
36pp, A6 saddle stitched book
Fitzroy Vic: Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., 1996. Revised 1999

A Guide for Coming off Heroin: Vietnamese edition

Synopsis
The Vietnamese language edition of Getting Through Heroin Withdrawal was developed from the original booklet, by health and welfare workers in Cabramatta who work with Vietnamese injecting drug users.

The booklet is written from a Vietnamese perspective, describing the process of heroin withdrawal, encouraging the reader to develop a clearer understanding about what to expect, as well as to make confident decisions based on what they want and need from the experience. The book includes information on safe injecting practice, overdose prevention, and legal issues.

Audience
Vietnamese heroin users thinking about stopping heroin use, family members, and supporters. People involved in the social, psychological and medical support of Vietnamese heroin users. (Need to be able to read Vietnamese language).

ISBN: 0 646 36162 7
ARP: $2.20 incl GST
28pp, A6 saddle stitched book
Cabramatta NSW: Cabramatta Community Centre and Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., 1998