The Truth About Family Estrangement –
From The BBC: Being estranged from a relative comes with myths – and stigma. But it’s more common, and in some cases can be healthier,...
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Hope For Healing Codependency –
Healing codependency takes time to develop roots just like plants. Codependency doesn’t exist only in families where there is substance use disorder. This unhealthy conditioning...
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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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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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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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Heave Ho To Back-To-School Co-dependency –
Watch out for the teacher’s pet of co-dependency this season. Why now? Sending kids off to face another year of bullying classmates and challenging teachers...
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7 Ways To Get Over Unloving Relationships –
It’s crucial to keep ourselves safe when it comes to matters of the heart, especially when you’re in recovery. Loving relationships have the capacity to bring...
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William White’s 12 Point Addiction Solution –
An addiction solution is possible with some changes in the way we deal with the disease. Addiction, now defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease,...
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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...
