Millions of Americans suffer from addiction and substance dependence. While, traditionally, addiction has been heavily stigmatized and often criminalized, research is more and more showing that it is influenced by numerous mental and psychological problems, including trauma. Over the past 20 year...
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Mar
27
2018
If you or a partner is addicted to drugs, you are likely aware that addiction severely impacts your children. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that over 8.3 million children under the age of 18 live in a household where at least one parent is addicted to drugs or alcohol. And, tha...
Jan
18
2018
If your loved one is recovering from a substance use disorder, they're likely working hard to heal themselves from damage that was likely spread out over years. During that time, they need space but also support, so that they can recover at their own pace. Some people may rely on you to be there ...
Jul
25
2017
This is a question that so many loved ones of addicts ask each other. And it can be a very difficult question to answer. As the wife of an addict, this is what I have learned along the way:First, I needed to identify exactly what sympathy means and how it would affect both myself and my husband i...
Jul
04
2017
It was totally unfair. I had never drank to access or abused any drugs, but I was paying for my husband's choice to do so. When he finally agreed to go to rehab, I thought my problems were over. I couldn't have been more wrong.After Ron had been there for 30 days, I was invited to the center to v...
Jun
13
2017
I was at my wit's end. My husband had spent the rent money on booze and wanted me to tell the landlord that we had an unexpected expense with the car. This was right after he had me ask the neighbor for gas money the day before.I was so tired of it all, tired of embarrassing myself, tired of neve...
Jun
06
2017
I thought I was a very good mother. All of my daughter's physical needs were met every day. She was always clean, well-fed, and dressed nicely. I read to her every night before she went to bed. So, when she suffered severe separation anxiety when I enrolled her in preschool when she was three, ev...
May
30
2017
Choosing a therapist or a rehabilitation center to help you move past an addiction is an important part of the recovery process. Going into psychotherapy can help you to learn new skills, change your emotional responses and behaviors, and make the right choices for the future so that you can stay...
Feb
28
2017
If you live with an addict or a former addict who is either planning to attend therapy, at a treatment facility, or who is already out of treatment and working on their recovery, you know that it isn't always easy. While in an idyllic world, the people we love would come out of addictions the sam...
Oct
12
2016
Discover the 7 Things to Say to Your Addicted Loved OneIf you have a loved one who is addicted to drugs or alcohol, you know that it can be extremely difficult to talk to that person about their addiction. Addiction involves a number of defense mechanisms that serve to protect the addict and thei...
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