Ghosting and Gaslighting Revisited
Ghosting makes you disappear. Gaslighting drives you crazy. There are no rules on how to behave these days. That’s the reason our two articles Gaslighting...
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A secret reason Rx drugs cost so much:...
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How Nutrition Can Help Addiction Recovery
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How To Unlearn Fearful Responses
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They’re An Ex For A Reason
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Why It’s Healthy To Feel Your Hurt
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No One Ever Said This And Meant It
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Thank Someone Today
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Thank The Stars Tonight
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All Life Is A Gift
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What Is SMART Recovery?
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Beware Of Toxic Amnesia
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Stop Enabling People Who Keep Making Poor choices
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How Gratitude Changes Your Life Experience
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Why So Many Young People Are Unhappy
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Toxic Ties- When To Stay And When To...
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Narcissists – What Are They, And How To...
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Demi Lovato Performed for the First Time Since...
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Exposing A Narcissist Is Tricky Business
Relationships
Relationships 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.
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When A Loved One Leaves YOU
Why do active and recovering substances users often run away from loved ones trying to “Save” them? The truth is, no one feels good when...
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Why Family Secrets Make Everyone Sick
Family secrets make everyone sick. Alcohol and substance abuse impacts the whole household and can cause a great amount of stress and negative feelings. Keeping...
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10 Signs Of Dysfunctional Families
Much has been written about dysfunctional families. At times it may seem that every family has its unhealthy elements. To understand what is actually family...
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Healthy Relationships By The Numbers
Do you know the difference between healthy relationships and unhealthy ones? Many people have not had enough exposure to what a healthy relationship looks like...
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Coping With A Loved One’s Depression
A loved one’s depression can be…well depressing for those around him/her. You can feel guilty. You can feel to blame. You can be angry and...
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Why We Ignore Relationship Red Flags
In a toxic relationship we may ask ourselves why didn’t we see the unhealthy relationship clues sooner? The answer is often that we did see...
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Dating After Grief
When I started dating, I stuck a toe in the water of the online dating pool. It was at a time in my life when...
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How To Restore Relationships In Recovery
Would you love to restore precious relationships that have been destroyed by addiction? So did I. In the high school years of my loved one’s...
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Enabling Adult Children Who Only Want Money
Not Enabling adult children with money may be the ultimate test of parenting skills, especially in families with substance use issues. First, it’s important to...
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Baby Steps For Setting Boundaries
It’s often said: the only people who get upset about your boundaries are those who benefited from you not having any. My Experience Of Boundaries...
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Do You Need Help With A Bully
When you need help with a bully, don’t keep silent. From bulldozer bosses to pushy family members to spouses, friends and love relationships, bullying continues...
