Category Archives: Help for Families | Codependency Secondhand Drinking

NIAAA’s Therapist’s Guide to Alcohol & Intimacy for Couples

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Lisa Frederiksen

For therapists working with couples in which intimacy and/or alcohol-related problems are a concern, NIAAA’s Guide for Marriage and Family Therapists, “Alcohol Problems In Intimate Relationships: Identification and Intervention,” may help. It may also prove a helpful read/review for couples … Continue reading →

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What Was I Thinking?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Guest

The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. As she described her story, “For nearly 20 years I nearly drank myself to death. Here are some insights into what was … Continue reading →

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Meeting Ourselves Coming & Going: Why a Child of an Alcoholic/Addict “Chooses” to Drink or Do Drugs

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Lisa Frederiksen

It’s a funny thing about growing up or coming of age in a family with undiagnosed, unhealthily discussed, untreated addiction (whether it be an addiction to alcohol or illegal or prescription drugs). Children in these families swear they will never … Continue reading →

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