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Overcoming Addiction

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

“No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.”  ~ Patrick J. Kennedy ”It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.”  ~ Ken Hensley “It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to [...]

Alcoholism and the Holidays

Monday, November 29th, 2010

The holidays, which should be a time for people to come together, let loose and have a good time, are often a struggle for someone who suffers from or is recently recovering from alcoholism. This person may find that the festivities that fall during the months of November and December are some of the hardest [...]

Self Medicating Does Not Help

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

Often in the mental health field, one may encounter individuals who have an underlying mental illness that they have been self-medicating for months or even years with substance abuse. Whether it is alcohol, drugs or even sex, in order to overcome the mental illness, the individual will also need to confront their addiction as well. [...]

Breaking the Addiction Cycle

Monday, November 15th, 2010

People who struggle with addiction may often find themselves asking, “how do I break this cycle?” They may have successfully stopped feeding their addiction in the past for varying amounts of time- days, weeks, months- for various reasons. Inevitably they end up going back to their crutch again. The most crucial step in breaking this [...]

Codependency: I Love You to Death

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Is it possible to love someone too much? Is it possible to literally love someone to death? An article posted by All About Life Challenges discusses how loving relationships can easily turn into enabling relationships characterized by codependent behaviors when addiction is involved.  “The relationship between enablers, addictions, and codependency is a perplexing and arduous [...]

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