I saw it again last night as I faced an audience of drug addicts and alcoholics in treatment and their family members, all of whom were present to hear my lecture. I saw the crushing emotional pain that surrounds this family disease on their faces, in their body language, in the way they did or… Continue Reading
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Recovery From Codependency
Recovery from codependency? What is codependency? And what is codependency recovery all about? The following is a guest post by Darlene Lancer, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of How To Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and Set Limits, Codependency for Dummies and 10 Steps to Self-Esteem: The Ultimate Guide to Stop… Continue Reading
Face of Recovery – Meet Gary Topley
Addiction Recovery – there is a great deal of confusion, stigma, shame and discrimination surrounding addiction, addiction treatment and addiction recovery. Yet those who have the disease of addiction (whether to illegal or prescription drugs or alcohol) and are in recovery live healthy, productive, engaged lives — the same kinds of lives as people who… Continue Reading
Controlled Drinking Can’t Work for an Alcoholic
Controlled drinking can’t work for an alcoholic. Really? Why? Don’t they just have to stop once they’ve had enough? One of the more confounding aspects of all this is why some people who drink too much and behave terribly and cause problems within their families because of their drinking can learn to “re-drink,” get their… Continue Reading
Why You Can’t Change the Way an Alcoholic Thinks
Why You Can’t Change the Way an Alcoholic Thinks has a lot to do with understanding the “wishful thinking” that goes on as the result of the brain changes caused by alcohol abuse and the brain disease of alcoholism / addiction. Understanding this can help those who love an alcoholic or someone who drinks too… Continue Reading