Posts Tagged ‘help for families of alcoholics and drug addicts’
Recover to Live – An Interview with Author Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Recover to Live – I recently finished reading Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s latest book, Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction, and am thrilled with how he’s presented the science of the chronic, often relapsing brain disease of addiction and the myriad of issues that accompany this disease: the impacts on families and society,…
Read MoreBehind Every Alcoholic or Drug Addict is a Family Member or Two or Three…
We often forget that behind every alcoholic or drug addict is a family member — often several family members — spouses, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles. ________________________ The light in his eyes was gone – blind fury stared forth. Alex* was no longer there. I felt terror like I’d never known but knew…
Read MoreWho Really Pays the Price of Addiction?
Addiction – who really pays the price? The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based on her own experiences of abuse and alcoholism, and lives in Northern Ireland with her husband and their two daughters. She…
Read MoreStress – “Is It a Stick or a Snake?”
The Fight-or-Flight Stress Response System Tying back to yesterday’s post, one of the most important discoveries (after the one about why and how addiction is a brain disease) I made was to learn that the family member’s “problem” is rooted in the fight-or-flight stress response system. This system is the one wired into the human species…
Read MoreUnderstanding What Happens to the Family of an Alcoholic | Addict
For a better understanding of what happens to the family of an alcoholic or drug addict when their loved one enters treatment, please consider watching this interview on the subject, downloaded in two parts – each 15 minutes long. What Happens to the Family of an Alcoholic/Addict The following two-part interview was conducted by Gabrielle…
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