How You’re Being Selfish By Enabling the Addict in Your Life
How You’re Being Selfish By Enabling the Addict in Your Life
You may not know it, but by adapting to the life-style and choices of a person in your life struggling with substance abuse or addiction you are enabling the harmful actions and outcomes in that person’s life, and it is... Learn More5 Ways to Get Out of Your Own Head
It is true a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but some would say you can waste too much time stuck in your own mind. As important as reflection and self-knowledge can be in recovery, it is not always... Learn MoreNobody Loved You Like I Do, But All You’ve Done Is Ruin Me
There is a rare intensity about the love/hate relationship we who struggle with addiction find with the substances we abuse. As addicts we obviously develop mental and physical dependency, but some people don’t even realize the emotional attachments we can... Learn More7 Things I Learned By Coming Back From A Relapse
Relapse is not a requirement in recovery. Once you separate yourself from your addiction, and start working an active recovery program, you never have to drink or use drugs again. Personally, relapse was part of my story. I spent a few... Learn MoreWhat is a situational alcoholic?
What is the difference between an alcoholic and a situational alcoholic? True alcoholics are physically addicted to alcohol, while situational alcoholics are addicted to the behavior of drinking. However, they are not mutually exclusive. Situational alcoholics, sometimes referred to as... Learn MoreWhat to do When Your Child Gets Kicked Out of Rehab
Getting your child into rehab is hard enough. To deal with them getting kicked out of rehab after you finally get them in can be devastating and especially frustrating, as well as scary. You may want to save them because... Learn More5 Signs You Might Be on the Verge of a Relapse
A relapse refers to breaking one’s sobriety. However, it is not only the act of picking up a drink or a drug that constitutes a relapse; a relapse occurs well before the act of using drugs and alcohol, sometimes... Learn MoreWhat is a ‘Functional’ Alcoholic?
The term functional alcoholic (“functioning” alcoholic, “high functioning” alcoholic) is a term that refers to a person who is alcohol-addicted but is able to lead a seemingly normal, even successful life. It is not a medical diagnosis. This, of course,... Learn MoreHow to Deal with an Addict in the Family
Learning how to deal with an addict in the family may seem nearly impossible. An addict in the grips of their addiction is not a lovely person in the smallest sense of the word. In fact, many addicts in... Learn MoreAlcoholic Children of Alcoholics
There are 18 million alcoholics in the U.S. according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. As a result, an estimated 26.8 million children are exposed, at varying degrees, to alcoholism in the family and are children of... Learn More5 Ways You May Be Enabling an Alcoholic After Rehab
If you find that you are enabling an alcoholic after rehab after reading this blog, don’t worry. Many of us enable alcoholics without ever realizing we are. We enable because we love the person and we want to be helpful,... Learn MoreRelapse Triggers: Guilt and Shame
Relapse Triggers: Guilt and Shame Guilt and shame are common for people who are battling with an addiction or alcoholism. Guilt and shame usually perpetuate drug use or drinking because the addict or alcoholic is trying to self-medicate those feelings... Learn More
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