The pain of watching a loved one cycle in and out of drug abuse, lying, and treatment is highly draining for a loved one to endure. Watching their trust in you and your word diminish over time damages the relationship.… Read More ›
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Building Authentic Relationships After Addiction
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Once you’ve begun treating your addiction, you may realize how many of your closest friends were just drinking buddies. It might feel like the people and places that once made up the fabric of your life are now unhealthy for… Read More ›
Strategies to Break Emotional Dumping Patterns
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Everyone experiences days when emotions are heavy, and they feel the need to unload the stress that is overwhelming them. However, how often this occurs and how they unpack their emotions also affects the emotional well-being of loved ones around… Read More ›
Avoiding a Victim Mentality Through Recovery
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Recovery from addiction and mental illness is already a complicated venture, and one’s mindset can play a crucial role in the success of one’s recovery program. It is essential to keep an open, optimistic mind about the future and avoid… Read More ›
How Those With Addiction May Use Gaslighting in Relationships
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Someone who has ever struggled with a drug or alcohol addiction knows that they might have said or done anything they needed to get their next fix. When you are caught up in the addiction spiral, you may not see the dysfunction… Read More ›
Authentic Communication and Letting Go of the Ego
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Achieving lasting recovery becomes complicated when your ego still rules you. The ego is one major contributor to addiction for some people, leading them to believe they don’t have a problem or push others away since they don’t think they… Read More ›
Breaking Your JADE Habit to Find Self-Empowerment
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Do you ever feel like you have to explain yourself or justify why you did something? Understanding what JADE means and the times you may be JADE-ing yourself or others can change how you interact with life for the better.… Read More ›
Confronting Addiction as a Family
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Addiction can be an isolating and debilitating experience. However, it still affects the people in one’s life — friends, workplace peers and especially one’s own family. While a person may want to address their struggle with an addiction to drugs… Read More ›
How to Talk to Your Children About Mental Health
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Mental health concerns have no age requirements. Over the past ten years, the number of mental health issues has been steadily growing in adolescents and young adults with social media notably being one culprit behind the uptick. Recent studies have… Read More ›
Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Dating While in Recovery
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Choosing if you’re at the right place in life to date and potentially share the intimate details of your inner world with another person in a relationship is a big undertaking, but especially so for someone new to recovery. Depending… Read More ›
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