5 Tips For Dating In Recovery
There are some very real challenges to dating in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This is the official name for addiction. Remember that substance...
Relationships are often affected by addiction, but the lessons of recovery can help make all relationships more healthy. Here’s your go to section for relationship articles.
There are some very real challenges to dating in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This is the official name for addiction. Remember that substance...
Sometimes just knowing the difference makes all the difference Many people grow up in alcoholic, dysfunctional, or narcissistic families. In fact, there are some 27...
Letting go of helping someone you love, but who uses you, is the hardest thing to do. My friend, Jackie, asked me for some advice...
In recovery we talk about letting go and detaching, but we don’t often add that detachment empowers. How can it empower when it seems the...
There is a tendency to live in patterns, or to re-live patterns…depending on what works for any given person. Being a fixer is one such...
Holiday expectations can break your heart, and I had to learn to let them go. As the youngest of four children I was automatically labeled...
Addict’s moms suffer from the stigma of having children who aren’t perfect. Time to separate fact from fiction about parenting and children who become addicted...
Why is fear such a common bond among adult children of alcoholics? More importantly, how do we overcome the terror of so many things that...
Changing boundaries is changing your relationship rules, and that can come with angry pushback. In relationships and recovery, we talk about boundaries a lot. Boundaries...
Gratitude for children of alcoholics doesn’t come easy. Feeling gratitude is difficult when there is abuse and neglect in your past. Here are 7 ways...
Have you been affected by relationship dominance and abuse since Covid 19 Domestic violence has always been with us, but it’s worse now that people...
Maintaining individuality in a loving relationship requires quite a bit of self awareness and sensitivity all around. If you’re codependent or an adult child of...