Family Roles in a Dysfunctional Families
Family roles are established early, and negative conditioning can last a lifetime. There is a lot of information regarding dysfunctional families and the unhealthy roles...
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10 Ways To Help Keep Your Teen Off Drugs
Parents everywhere are worried about teen substance use, but there are proven ways to help your child make healthy choices and stay on track throughout...
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Is It Use, Misuse, Or Addiction
While the current DSM-5 focuses on the level of substance use disorders as mild, moderate, and severe, it can still be valuable to look at ...
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16 Codependency Relapse Tips
Where there are enmeshed relationships, especially in families experiencing substance or behavior use disorders, there is going to be codependency relapse. Melody Beattie bestselling author of Beyond...
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7 Types Of Mental Illness
Seven types of mental illness contribute to the rising suicide rates that are so much in the news these days. For millions of people who...
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10 Things To Say To Someone Who’s Depressed
Depression support for loved ones and friends can be challenging. What should you say to show you care? There are various types of depressive disorders,...
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9 Reasons To Call Addiction A Disease
Is addiction a disease? It depends on who you ask. Classifying addiction as a disease is most prevalent and most accurate. Yet this still remains...
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3 Ways To Start Recovering From Compulsive Spending
If you are a compulsive spender, you know the highs and lows that accompany the 5 phases of spending: anticipation, preparation, shopping, spending, remorse. You...
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Breaking The Denial Cycle
The denial cycle has a special meaning for families coping with substance use. We all have denial in our lives. Denial is a way to...
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5 Factors Predict Teen Addiction
Who get addicted and who doesn’t? Teen addiction is fact of life for 15% of high schoolers, and it’s important to take any teen use...
