Posts Tagged ‘help for family members’
Stop Blaming, Start Living
The following is a guest post by Carolyn Hughes, a freelance writer with special interest in alcohol issues. Carolyn is currently writing The Hurt Healer, a novel based on her own experiences of abuse and alcoholism, and lives in Northern Ireland with her husband and their two daughters. She celebrates 13 years sobriety and says, “My…
Read MorePTSD From the Family Members’ Perspective – June is PTSD Awareness Month
PTSD affects the entire family. Last week I ran this post, “PTSD Awareness Month – June 2012,” in which I shared HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ press release quote, announcing PTSD Awareness Month, “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder affects 1 in 29 Americans, from our country’s service men and women to abused children and survivors of rape, domestic violence…
Read MoreCo-Dependency In Men
Co-dependency in men is not often talked about. The following is a guest post by Ken Powers, co-author of the book, We Codependent Men, We Mute Coyotes. The inspiration for his book comes from growing up as the child of parents who did not drink but whose mothers [his grandmothers] did and whose families had long…
Read MoreSlips and Relapses – Family Members Have Them, Too
Slips and Relapses – family members of someone with a severe alcohol use disorder (aka alcoholic or person with alcoholism) have them, too. This is something we often don’t realize – generally because we don’t understand the dance of the family disease of addiction. So often in the world of addiction treatment and recovery, the…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery – Why All Does Not Seem Better When Your Loved One Stops Drinking
Addiction Recovery – why does it not “feel” better when a loved one finally stops drinking (or using drugs, if they’re a drug addict) and seeks help? Time and again readers and those I speak with express their concerns that “things” don’t feel better once the drinking (or drug use) stops. They worry that “this…
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