Adult Children Of Alcoholics: Dealing With The Laundry List Of Dysfunction
When you grow up with alcoholism and addiction, family members have only one objective: keep the addiction secret at all costs. This sworn duty to...
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Top 9 Tips For Joy, Love and Fulfillment
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The Power of Authentic Self-Esteem
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Ways to promote a healthy lifestyle within your...
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Keep Connected And Keep Holiday Loneliness Away
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3 Day Detox For The Holidays
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My First AA Meeting
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12 Step Programs Do They Really Work
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5 Ways To Stay Happy Around Toxic People...
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The Three C’s Of Relapse Prevention
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Healthy Lifestyle Tips For Adults Who Work
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Quiz! What Are The Types of Anxiety?
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Give A Child The Gift Of Hope
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New Holiday Traditions for Sobriety
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How to Make ‘Self-Care’ Actually Feel Like Self-Care
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Do These Things For 20 Minutes And They...
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Stay Sane And Sober This Holiday Season With...
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Natural Healing Force
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Self Love Is Not Selfish
Getting Help
Getting Help This category has articles about treatments, finding help, helping loved ones and all manner of recovery support
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Not Prepared For Son’s Life After Overdose
Life after overdose is trauma beyond imagining for loved ones. My son Josh lay there in the trauma room comatose and hooked up to a...
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What To Expect In An Al-Anon Meeting
Seven years ago, when I first entertained the idea of going to a meeting, I was scared and confused. Was Al-Anon another way to abbreviate...
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4 Causes Of Damaging Shame
Some people grow up feeling good and strong, while others carry the burden of damaging shame that persists no matter how much love they receive...
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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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Surviving Secondhand Drama
I want the time spent with my extended family to be filled with love, good food, and memories. Instead, drama hangs in the air like...
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5 Tips To Process Grief About Addiction
Grief is a common reaction to having a family member who misuses of drugs and/or alcohol. Substance use disorders (SUDs) affects the whole family, even...
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8 Essential Steps To Addiction Recovery
Is there path to addiction recovery that should be followed? What steps have to be taken, and how long before recovery works? Is just stopping...
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There Are No Stages For Coping With Grief –
There is a lot of information regarding grief that is inaccurate, especially the five stages of grief developed by Kubler-Ross. While this was an interesting...
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How Long Does It Take To Heal –
Eighteen months. That’s how much time researchers say it takes to heal. Eighteen months for each stress inducing life event. Be it marriage or divorce,...
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5 Tips To Overcome Fear And Shame
Shame seems to be at the heart of all addictions. We experience shame over the wounds of our early childhood traumas, our seemingly inherent weaknesses, inability...
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Addiction Hurts Families By Keeping Them In Denial
Joe was divorced a few years ago and had a secret he couldn’t share with anyone, not his friends, family, or even his lawyer: His...
