July 21, 2000
VALERIE G. CONNELL
Nunatsiaq News
IQALUIT — A list of do’s and don’ts from Pauktuutit’s resource manual on fetal alcohol syndrome for how to help pregnant women stay away from alcohol.
Do’s
• Encourage and support them if they slip.
• Talk about it with them; they need someone to talk to.
• Encourage them to find non- drinking friends.
• Be part of a network of supportive people that aren’t drinking.
• Do things that are fun together, and laugh a lot.
• Recognize that people are different, and that every one has their own rate of recovery.
Don’ts
• Don’t every give up supporting your friend.
• Never shame them.
• If they slip, don’t be judgemental. Accept the reasons that they givefor slipping, even if it is hard for you to understand or accept. Never criticize those reasons.
• Never embarrass them
• Don’t reject them for not being "fun" if they don’t drink.
• Don’t put pressure on them to drink with you if you drink.
• Don’t withdraw from them because you drink and they don’t.
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