Posts Tagged ‘secondhand drinking / drugging’
Reframing Codependency as Secondhand Drinking
Reframing codependency as secondhand drinking (or drugging) – for heavens sake, why? and why would it even matter? In the world of addiction treatment and recovery, we often refer to family members and friends of addicts | alcoholics as “enablers” or “co-dependents.” Their “condition” is called codependency, and they’re encouraged to get help. But to…
Read MoreEnabler. Codependent. What Do These Terms Really Mean?
Enabler, Codependent, Enabling. What are you talking about? When I was first “assigned” these labels in 2003 while attending family therapy group sessions at the residential treatment center my loved one had entered for alcoholism, I more than flinched. I downright declared, “Are you kidding? Not me! I’m just trying to help and keep it…
Read MoreCoping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging as a Young Person Can Cause a Young Person to Wire Unhealthy Coping Skills
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging – when a young person is “forced” to cope with a family member’s ongoing drinking or drugging behaviors, it can actually change how that young person’s brain wires. This, in turn, means it can actually change that young person’s life. Impacts of Coping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging In previous posts,…
Read MoreCoping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging Can Cause a Young Person to Wire Unhealthy Coping Skills
Coping with secondhand drinking | drugging is especially problematic for a young person because of the brain development that occurs from birth through one’s early 20s – especially if the parent or sibling’s drinking or drug use behaviors involved verbal, physical or emotional abuse. Why is this such a problem? Because it actually changes the…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking | Drugging – Codependency Connection & the Health Consequences Thereof
Understanding the secondhand drinking | drugging – codependency connection offers an opportunity to reframe a confusing subject. In this reframing, we find opportunities to better help those coping with a loved one’s drinking | drugging behaviors. Secondhand Drinking | Drugging – Codependency Connection Explained The term “codependent” is often used in the world of addiction…
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