As a parent or spouse or sister, there will be times when the active addict in your life will do things that worry or upset you. Maybe that’s already happened in your life. Chances are, if you are reading this blog, it has.
So, what do you do? Do you react, with every worried bone [...]
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What Do You Do When You Get “Bad News” About Your Loved One’s Behavior?
When Your Child is Struggling in School – Get Support!
One of the challenges many families plagued by addiction face is that at least one if not more of their children struggle in school. Although many other families face this as well, in a family where there one of the parents is addicted, this can be especially difficult. In this situation, things can go a [...]
Trudging The Road Of Happy Destiny
When times get tough, this expression, “trudging the road of happy destiny” from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous keeps me going. It reminds me that we are not to expect nor are we expected to arrive at our destination instantaneously, nor is it always going to be pleasant, easy, or fun. Nor will we [...]
Are you willing to feel the pain?
Pain. No one likes it. Most of us will run a mile to get away from it. Yet, it’s an inevitable part of being related to an addict and even of the recovery process.
When you first found out your addict was using, there was pain.
When you tried again and again to make your addict [...]
Why Getting Support Is So Important to Your Recovery
Addiction is a disease of isolation. In fact, so is family addiction.
When a loved one’s addiction becomes obvious to us, often, the natural reaction is shock, despair, and isolation. There is so much shame, guilt and sadness associated with the awareness of what they and we are now dealing with that, oftentimes, we go [...]
Food and Codependency – the next step
Have you noticed any link in your life between how you eat and how you relate to people? One of the ways that some codependents cope with the insanity in their life is to stuff their feelings down with food.
There is a saying that Reality is for people who can’t cope with drugs. [...]
What Does It Take To Get Your Life Back?
Ever notice how addicting being involved with an addict or alcoholic can be? The up and down of it that’s almost like an adrenalin rush; the feeling of panic when you are waiting for the addict to come home; the frustration of trying so hard to get through to someone who appears to be completely [...]
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