Addiction: It’s Devastating for Every Family
By: Chelsea Vaughn I Think There’s Something Wrong in my Family What do you do when you can tell something is not quite right…
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Thanksgiving: Terrific for Some; Triggers for Others
by: Marilyn L. Davis Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner? Trigger Alert “This is the moment I realize that our traumas never really go away. They live inside of us, in the deepest darkest pits of our own tiny hells. Cocked and loaded, waiting for someone to come along and pull the trigger.”―…
Bridging The Gap: Improving Treatment Outcomes With Effective Family Engagement
By Jim Savage, LCDC Family Challenges in Treatment I’ve worked in the addiction field for over 30 years. One of the most significant periods was from 2000-2010, when I owned an adolescent outpatient treatment program. During that time, I got a good education about what works and what doesn’t in addiction treatment,…
Positive Affirmations: Change the Mind, Change the Perception
“Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.”― Tia Walker, The Inspired Caregiver: Finding Joy While Caring for Those You Love
Recovery is Repairing Each Relationship
Relationships could be like the Kintsukuroi, where gold is used to repair damaged pottery and is considered more valuable with its brokenness but that doesn’t always happen in families.