According to pop culture, addiction is largely limited to drugs and alcohol. However, this actually isn't the whole truth. Virtually any pleasurable activity can become the subject of an addiction, and that extends to sex. And, like other forms of addiction, getting help is highly recommended to tame symptoms and ... Read More
Help For Loved Ones
When your loved one begins exhibiting signs of substance abuse or increasing mental health issues it can leave you feeling helpless and desperate. These feelings are not uncommon and we’ve seen them all as we’ve treated thousands of patients and their families. The articles found here focus on tips and advice on supporting a loved one who is struggling with a disorder or has begun treatment and needs support.
10 Revealing Signs That Your Loved One May Have a Sex Addiction
Support Groups For The Family That You Should Know About
Having a loved one in treatment or recovery for addiction is one of the hardest situations a family can find itself in. On the one hand, your family member is getting help or is trying to stay clean. On the other, you can feel helpless, especially if you don't have much experience dealing with addiction. If you know ... Read More
On Eggshells: How to Treat a Loved One in Recovery
The day you've been hoping for is finally here: Your loved one has made the decision to go to rehabilitation. After months or even years of begging, pleading and staging interventions, the message has hit home and getting help is the only step left. Despite the initial feelings of elation triggered when a friend or ... Read More
Overcoming Denial: When an Addicted Loved One Doesn’t Want Help
When your loved one is among the 23.5 million Americans addicted to drugs or alcohol, it's only natural to want to help them. However, promoting treatment is rarely as easy as telling someone they need help. In the depths of addiction, denial is very strong, and it's not uncommon for those in the midst to become ... Read More
Baby Blues: Supporting a Spouse Through Post-Partum Depression
Postpartum depression, or the 'baby blues', is a condition that can impact the way a mother feels and handles stress in the months after giving birth. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 1 in every 10 women experience the signs of depression overall, but 1 in 9 women experience postpartum ... Read More
After the Fall: Helping a Loved One Through Relapse
Rehab has helped millions and millions of people across the United States and abroad, and statistically, it's likely that everyone has someone close to them who is currently in recovery. That makes it important to know what to do if a friend, family member or someone else close to you suffers a setback in their ... Read More
To Have and to Hold: Getting Help for a Painkiller-Addicted Spouse
Chronic pain is one of the most common causes of pain medication use. It also commonly leads to drug abuse, often simply because a person is trying to cope with the day-to-day pain they are experiencing. Addiction can follow, creating a life-threatening situation. If your loved one is using pain medications like this, ... Read More
Disordered Love: Mental Illness in Relationships
Mental illness impacts millions of Americans each year. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately one in five adults (nearly 44 million) is currently living with depression, anxiety or another mental disorder, and one in 25 "experiences a serious mental illness in a given year that ... Read More