Overcoming a drug addiction is a major achievement because of the strong hold it can have on every part of your life. In fact, this is one of the biggest things people learn from their drug addictions. For years, drug addicts live in denial about how dependent they are on their drugs of choice. [...]
One of the most difficult situations you’ve ever faced in your life is being married to an alcoholic who refuses treatment. Perhaps you’ve tried to encourage your spouse to just consider talking to someone about the possibility of getting treatment, but your pleas are falling on deaf ears. You’re at the end of your rope, [...]
Regardless of how long you’ve struggled with your heroin addiction, making the decision to stop using is a huge step. However, now that you’ve made that decision, you’re probably wondering if a new life is even possible for a heroin addict. Will you continue to struggle with your addictive thoughts and compulsions for the [...]
From the moment of birth, children have five distinct, natural characteristics that make them human. These characteristics help shape who they are, and they can also be manipulated when children are a part of a dysfunctional family, causing symptoms of codependency to emerge in adulthood. The characteristics are: • Value – The [...]
For people who are suffering with a sex addiction problem, it’s common for them to feel as if there is no way out. Some live for years in denial that a problem even exists, while others are desperate to find a way to get free from their compulsions. Perhaps you have been wondering if [...]
Can you think back to a time when you didn’t gamble? When you feel compelled to participate in any kind of gambling, it might be difficult to remember. That’s because there is a sociological factor to gambling, which can make it difficult to break free from. Whether you’ve been gambling for years, or you [...]
It’s very rare for someone to purposely become addicted to prescription medications, although it has been known to happen to some people. For most people, however, their addictions to prescription drugs evolved because they couldn’t break the vicious cycle they found themselves in. Perhaps that’s where you see yourself right now, and you’re wondering [...]
Perhaps you’ve struggled with a drug addiction for a long time. You’ve managed to stop a few times, but those were only short periods of sobriety, and now you’re wondering if drug addiction help would be more beneficial than trying to stop using on your own. If that sounds like you, you’re not alone. [...]
We’ve spent some time going over the five core symptoms of codependency and the different types of thoughts and behaviors that are displayed if you struggle with it as a part of your everyday life. Today, I’d like to take some time and talk about the ways codependency symptoms can wreak havoc in your life, [...]
The final core symptom of Codependence has to do with the way you experience your reality. To put it simply, codependents live in an immoderate reality, which is distinguished by the characteristic of living, experiencing and feeling everything from one extreme to another. Most people are able to respond to everyday conversations, challenges and situations [...]