Posts Tagged ‘help for families of alcoholics’
Help For Recovery – Give Lists a Try
I am a died-in-the-wool list maker. They have been my “Hansel and Gretel, crumb-dropping pathway” through my secondhand drinking recovery and, well…, I’d have to add – managing my life overall. And when it comes to secondhand drinking or addiction recovery, it’s the managing of one’s life that’s so important in the prevention of relapse.…
Read MoreThe Shame of Addiction
I saw it again last night as I faced an audience of people in treatment for Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), aka addiction, and their family members, all of whom were present to hear my lecture. I saw the crushing emotional pain that surrounds this family disease on their faces, in their body language, in the way…
Read MoreRecovery From Codependency
Recovery from codependency? What is codependency? And what is codependency recovery all about? The following is a reprint of Darlene Lancer’s post of the same name first appearing on Psych Central, “Recovery from Codependency.” Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of How To Speak Your Mind – Become Assertive and…
Read MoreControlled Drinking Can’t Work for an Alcoholic
Controlled drinking can’t work for an alcoholic. Really? Why? Don’t they just have to stop once they’ve had enough? One of the more confounding aspects of all this is why some people who drink too much and behave terribly and cause problems within their families because of their drinking can learn to “re-drink,” get their…
Read MoreWhy You Can’t Change the Way an Alcoholic Thinks
Why You Can’t Change the Way an Alcoholic Thinks has a lot to do with understanding the “wishful thinking” that goes on as the result of the brain changes caused by alcohol abuse and the brain disease of alcoholism / addiction. Understanding this can help those who love an alcoholic or someone who drinks too…
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