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Secondhand Drinking Impacts on Children
Unless you’ve been a child in a home with untreated, unhealthily discussed alcohol (or drug) misuse or addiction, it’s difficult to image what it’s like to be a child in such a home. Devastating. Scary. Shame-filled. Life-robbing. Sadness. It’s a set-up for a “rest of your life” that NONE of us would ever wish on a child.…
Read MoreBlackouts – Are They Real or Just an Excuse?
Alcohol-induced blackouts – how can they possibly not know what they did? How many times have you found yourself uttering incredulous gasps, “What do you mean you don’t remember?” or engaging in an argument with someone you care about because of something they said or did while they were drunk? Have you ever had them just…
Read MoreRecovery and Mental Health | Time for a Tune-Up
Recovery and mental health go hand in hand. I know, because I took the long, hard way to understanding this concept. Sure you can have one without the other. I know that, too. But it’s when I have both that my life really takes off – not to great heights or things, necessarily, rather to great contentment,…
Read MoreDrug Addiction – Not My Son | Part II by Mother D
Drug Addiction – not my child! – is a common refrain. Parents can’t even imagine let alone consider their child may be developing (yes, developing) or have the brain disease of addiction. This is due in large part to society’s utter lack of understanding about the nature of this brain disease, the key risk factors contributing…
Read MoreAlcohol and Drug Abuse in Domestic Violence | Karen Corcoran Walsh
The correlation between alcohol and drug abuse in domestic violence is the topic of today’s post by guest author, Karen Corcoran Walsh. Karen Corcoran Walsh is the owner and co-founder of Inspirations for Youth and Families, a premier teen rehab. Karen also owns and runs the Cove Center for Recovery, an adult addiction treatment center. Karen…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery – What Helps, What Doesn’t
Addiction recovery – what can or should you do to help a loved one get help? Do they have to hit bottom? Should you show “tough love,” or is there another way? How do you know you’re even an alcoholic or drug addict? Or what about the following statements: “Alcoholism a disease? No way! Cancer is…
Read MoreFirst Responders and Addictions | Guest Author Dan Willis
First Responders and Addictions – we don’t often put these two together, yet the reality of what it’s like for police officers, firefighters, EMTs, ER nurses or soldiers (and those who love them) day in and day out makes today’s guest post by Dan Willis a must read. Addictions develop (a person is not born an…
Read MoreAffected by Secondhand Drinking – How Do You Know?
How do you know if you’re affected by secondhand drinking? For those new to this concept, secondhand drinking is a term to describe the negative impacts of a person’s drinking behaviors on others. Drinking behaviors are the behaviors a person exhibits when they’ve consumed more alcohol than their liver can process, which allows the chemical in…
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