From Dysfunctional to Functional: Shifting the Family Balance
Shifting the family balance from dysfunctional to functional is a challenge where there is substance or alcohol use. Secrets have to be kept. Crises need...
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9 Tips For Family Addiction
Family addiction is complicated, and it isn’t isolated to one person who may be using. Addiction is passed on through generations and everybody is affected. Intergenerational...
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Forgiving Without An Apology
Approximately 90% of the time, the people who hurt us will never apologize. Let’s say five percent of the time, they do apologize, but it’s...
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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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When A Grandchild Lives With A Substance Abuser –
From Susan Adcox@ Very Well Mind: When a parent of a grandchild abuses drugs or alcohol, grandparents are put in a terrible position. Of course,...
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Unmanageable: The Gift Of Chaos, Clutter & Exhaustion –
Frustrated? Exhausted? Anxious or afraid? Does doing more never seem to be quite enough? Chaos, clutter, debt, and fatigue can be signs that your suffering...
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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...
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Healing From Toxic Relationships –
Toxic relationships are never easy. After we find recovery, we often have little or no room left in our lives for the drama that comes...
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Why I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
This year, the holidays are hitting me hard. Thanks to Pandora, I’ve heard “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “(There’s No Place Like) Home For...
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5 Characteristics of Healthy Families
We so often read about dysfunctional families that we may believe that there is no such thing as healthy families. But healthy families aren’t a...
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Holiday Expectations
Reach Out Recovery Exclusive by Merle Honsa: Holiday expectations can break your heart. As the youngest of four children I was automatically labeled “The Baby”...
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Triggers Of Toxic Thanksgivings Past
Eight years ago, my mother-in-law and I had a huge Thanksgiving feud. She said some things, and for the first time ever, I said some...
