How many people have to succumb to the throngs of addiction before we learn how to help? How many people have to suffer before it reaches that end stage? Becoming educated about alcohol and drug abuse can be the means to the end. For anyone headed towards the snare of addiction, getting educated leads to ...…
How can you love someone who treats you with such contempt and disdain as only the alcoholic addict can? The hurtful words and behaviors are most confounding for the co-dependent as they try to figure out why they stay. My answer is: because you remember. And what you remember is who they were before the ...…
The word concentration is not often associated with co-dependency, but I think it should be. Concentration is having the self-discipline to force yourself to concentrate on you. Co-dependents must be open to concentrating single-mindedly on one thing – themselves. It means you are making a commitment to yourself to do something every day that will ...…
Congratulations to Charlie Sheen for turning his life around. Most of America watched as he publicly spiraled out of control with rants and tirades all related to alcohol and drugs. As he stated in his recent interview, he was out of control and could not stop the raging fire! Everyone’s takeaway from this is that ...…
It is not unusual for a person who has grown up in a home riffled with alcoholism or addiction to not notice or to repress a lot of those early painful memories. Trauma causes one to forget, often making the daily details of painful memories fuzzy and blurry. For many co-dependents, these memories can and ...…
Recently it seems we have been hearing of one talented person after another succumbing to the deadly lure of addiction. Family members recall and share painful memories of their loved ones struggle with drugs or alcohol. Regardless of age or profession the deadly consequences of addiction continues to ensnare those who are searching to fill ...…
