Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is commonly called “tapping.” Likely the term, “tapping,” doesn’t sound familiar, either. Today’s guest blogger, Leanne Hall, explains EFT and how it can help with addiction treatment and recovery. From my own personal experiences, I’ve found it also helps with codependency (secondhand drinking / drugging) recovery, as well. Leanne writes for… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: codependency recovery
Let It Go – Nice Saying, But How?
“Let It Go.” For years I couldn’t relate to this phrase. It seemed so overused, and frankly one that got my blood boiling because it sounded so overly simplistic. Yet, it’s now one of my favorite phrases. In fact on heavy stress days, I’m practically chanting, “Let it go….” So how does it work for… Continue Reading
Coping With Addiction in Your Family? Hang on…
Are you coping with addiction in your family? One of the more difficult things to do in families with addiction, in my opinion, is to “hang on” when things seem to be spiraling out of control. For so long, I never knew there was even a possibility of a different way — it just happened —… Continue Reading
Codependency & Enabling Explained by Ken P. and Bob T.
Codependency and enabling are confusing to most people. They are not words you generally hear unless you are somehow connected to the addiction recovery world. And even in the addiction recovery world, they are not a term that makes a whole lot of sense because they’re used to describe what happens to family members and… Continue Reading
Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There
by Lisa Frederiksen Hum…, “Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There?” That was my reaction when I first read this. It’s a saying on one of those placards you can buy (not attributed to anyone) that I now have hanging on a doorknob in my hallway. For a person who has spent years loving or living… Continue Reading
Codependent Behavior Patterns are a Choice | Take Responsibility for Your Own Actions
Codependent behavior – what is it? Does one have a choice? If so, how can one change? The following is a guest post by Irene Watson, author of award winning The Sitting Swing: Finding Wisdom to Know the Difference (see complete bio below). Codependent Behavior Patterns Are a Choice: Take Responsibility for Your Own Actions… Continue Reading
The Ripple Effect of Loving Someone Who Drinks Too Much
Loving someone who drinks … Much of the focus on alcoholism and alcohol abuse – with regards to treatment, education, prevention, public policy – is on the alcoholic or alcohol abuser. I’d like to draw our attention to those who are deeply effected by a loved one’s drinking (which I’m labeling “codependents” for simplicity’s sake)… Continue Reading
About Letting Go…
About Letting Go… For years I couldn’t relate to this phrase – “letting go”. It seemed so overused, and frankly one that got my blood boiling because it sounded so overly simplistic. Yet, it’s now one of my favorite mantra phrases. On heavy stress days, I’m practically chanting, “Let it go…”. And, I’ve just come… Continue Reading