Help for Families | Secondhand Drinking | Codependency
Drinking During Pregnancy – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Drinking during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), which are a group – a spectrum – of conditions that can occur in a child whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. This spectrum ranges from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) to Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAEs) to Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) to Alcohol-Related Birth Defects…
Read MoreAddiction Treatment and Recovery – Move Well | Eat Well | Think Well
Addiction treatment and recovery – Move well | Eat well | Think well — these three elements – moving, eating and thinking well form the basis of Dr. Herby Bell’s brainchild, Blueprint for Recovery™. Dr. Bell is a Chiropractor, Recovery Coach and Founder of Recovery Health Care (RHC), offering continuing care for people in addiction…
Read MoreDifference Between Parenting and Codependency
Knowing the difference between parenting and codependency can be extremely difficult in families where one parent drinks too much. As the non-alcohol abusing parents digs in to wrest control of the behaviors exhibited by the drinking parent, they often engage in efforts to control, contain or manipulate those behaviors – not fully understanding that once…
Read MoreRecovering from Codependency | Darlene Lancer
Recovering from codependency – what does this mean? how is it done? who needs it? To answer these questions and more, please find the following guest post by Darlene Lancer, which she originally shared on her blog in a post, titled: “Transforming the Codependent Mind.” Darlene is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author…
Read MoreQuestions About Alcohol and Drugs – NowWeKnow Offers Better Answers
Questions about alcohol and drugs? Introducing NowWeKnow – a new FREE app providing better answers to common questions about Alcohol Abuse | Drug Addiction Treatment | Marijuana Use by Teens | Secondhand Drinking | Mental Illness | Substance Abuse Prevention | Codependency | Underage Drinking and more. Better answers? Yes. Why better? Because they are…
Read MoreDetaching With Love – A Mother’s Story
Margaret Searle is a mother; a mother whose son, David, developed the disease of addiction. In the last month of David’s life, he became a missing person, walking out of his home and out of the lives of all who loved him. Devastated – fighting for his life against those in society who should have…
Read MoreHow to Feel Better About Another Stint in Rehab
Seriously? Feel better about another stint in rehab – impossible! I agree – it is impossible – UNLESS you have a solid understanding of some key facts about addiction (whether to drugs or alcohol) discovered in the past 10-15 years. These discoveries are the result of advances in imaging technologies (SPECT, fMRI, PET, as examples)…
Read MoreTake a Stand Against Secondhand Drinking – Why Don’t We
Take a stand against secondhand drinking – now that would be a switch! Time and again – I mean TIME and AGAIN – I meet family members and friends who are afraid to complain about their loved one’s drinking for any number of reasons: – she’ll think I’m calling her an alcoholic – he’s not…
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