At a certain point in everyone’s journey to recovery, we must face the wreckage of our actions and right the wrongs to the best of our abilities. If you have children, this includes acknowledging how our actions have affected them and do our best to help them understand what’s been going on and how you intend on making ... 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.
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Caring For vs. Enabling Someone with Addiction
Understanding Drug-Seeking Behavior
Help for Addiction: How to Talk to Your Kids
Staging an Intervention for a Colleague
When addiction and/or mental health issues creep into the workplace and affect other employees, an intervention may be necessary. Maybe it’s for the bipolar coworker whose dramatic mood shifts make the smallest interactions seem like a “Floor Is Lava” obstacle course. Or, maybe it’s for the alcoholic coworker who, like ... Read More
A Guide for When Mom or Dad Is Addicted to Drugs
When Mom or Dad is addicted to drugs, the situation can be especially hard for their children. It's not common for children of drug addicts to feel alone, unsure what to do, and scared that others may find out about their parent's drug use. Whether you're a kid or an adult, learning how to live with a drug-addicted ... Read More
Find Out How Your Attachment Style Is Affecting Your Relationships
One of the first relationships you ever have is with your parents. As a child, you typically learn a lot from them. And without even realizing it, you pick up an attachment style from your interactions with them that can later impact how you behave in relationships as an adult. Let's examine how a person's attachment ... Read More
The Role of Family in Supporting Recovery
Never underestimate the role of family in supporting a loved one’s recovery from addiction. That’s the takeaway of a large body of research that helps to explain why high-quality rehab providers will, whenever possible, involve family in the treatment process. But, just what is the nature of healthy participation in a ... Read More
Talking to Your Kids About Drugs
Kids are energetic bundles of joy that make us laugh, cry, and melt our hearts with their unwavering innocence and unfiltered opinions of life. As our children grow, they gain more and more independence with each passing year - even at an early age. Like little sponges, our children regurgitate everything they learn ... Read More
The Link Between Addiction and Family Stress, According to an Expert
Families in the U.S. have been facing high levels of chronic stress for a while now, and, their exposure to acute stressors may have risen also recently, thanks to a dramatic rise in domestic violence. Coinciding with the era of restrictions on travel and social distancing, experts have recorded a 20 percent increase ... Read More
How Helicopter Parenting Negatively Affects Recovery
As a parent, there is nothing more important than protecting your children. After all, you brought them into the world, taught them the fundamentals of life and supported their development, from first steps to high school graduation and beyond. However, at some point in life, children will begin to make their own ... Read More
