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
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What it takes to achieve long-term recovery
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
Codependency – Part 3: The Cure
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
I Was Born With the Disease of Addiction Part 2
Part I of the journey Sean shares he grew up in a Christian household with law-abiding parents who provided for him and he was not lacking anything. However, inside he felt a looming darkness he couldn’t escape, and he desperately wanted to be someone other than himself. At 15 heRead More