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Step 1: Learn about your adult child’s problem of delayed emotional growth. In addition to alcohol or drug abuse, your child may have another issue. It serves as a silent partner in keeping addiction active and resistant to change, but can be quite difficult to identify. Simply, delayed emotional growthRead More

The insidious nature of the disease of addiction centers in the addict’s mind, purging rationality, critical thinking, and common sense, when exposed to substances. Addicts and non-addicts experience consequences differently. A non-addict might receive a DUI due to alcohol intoxication and decide to put down drinking for good or modifyRead More

In our quest for freedom from our codependent thinking and behavior, it is important to remember that the codependent seeks to control others while those in recovery seek to control themselves. The shift from other control to self control is a signal of true growth. Other factors critical in ourRead More

In working with parents of addicted loved ones, a common question I’m asked is: “why am I having these reactions, symptoms, feelings?  And are they ‘normal?’”  In many cases, when parents come to see me, they have endured incessant chaos with their addicted loved one which has left them feelingRead More