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Fair Weather Friends in the world of Substance Abuse
One of the dilemma’s with drug and alcohol rehab is lack of readiness of the addict to want sobriety. Usually as parents we want it for them more than they want it for themselves. Each time my daughter...
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My Road to Recovery from Co-Dependency
As parents of children struggling with addiction, we often put all of our focus on what our addict loved one is doing. At one point I realized that I also had my recovery from co-dependency to work...
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Stepping Back to Examine my own Co-Dependent Behavior
As a parent of a child who has struggled with drug and alcohol addiction, I knew I had to take the time to step back from focusing on my loved one and examine my own behaviors and afflictions. My...
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Just Say ‘Oh’ – Avoid the conflict and help to empower your loved one
Coming out of a drug addiction does not come easy. Going through detox rids the addict of the active drugs from their body. In that process, it does not heal the brain; it only begins to start the...
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Changing the Relationship when Addiction is present in your family
There is a time in the journey of healing from the trauma and drama of a loved one struggling with addiction that you know that the relationship need to change. The old patterns and behaviors that are...
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Picking up the Pieces of addiction – Caring for everyone in the family, not...
Sometimes I wonder if setbacks in our lives are there to test our resolve. When we have loved ones that relapse into their addiction, it is an opportunity for us to evaluate our part in it. Overtime...
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The Next ‘Right’ Thing – Building your resources to get support when you need it
Most parents with a kid, no matter what age, who is struggling with addiction, finds themselves constantly investigating, thinking, consulting and planning what to do next. With every relapse or major...
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Opportunity to Grow – How to help loved ones in recovery gain confidence in...
There is so much satisfaction to see a slight corner turned when you have a loved one who is struggling to move out of addiction and into recovery. A friend of mine found the following quote that is so...
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Slowly Unraveling or slowly learning to grow and move forward
It seems that when you have traveled the journey of addiction with your loved one over a period of time, you begin to have a sixth sense when things are beginning to falter. I couldn’t always put my...
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Thanksgiving – A time to focus on gratitude even during difficult times
As I start this day of thanks it is not difficult to also think about times where I had difficulty feeling thankful about anything. When we go through difficult times with those we love most, it can be...
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Learning to let go to help our loved ones move forward
We all know that we sometimes expect things to be one way and then they turn out to be another. But how often do we get to take a short glimpse of what life would actually be like and then somehow...
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The Parallel Path Recovery from Addiction and Co-Dependency
When I was early in the journey with my daughter and her struggle with addiction, I was unprepared for the turmoil that would be thrown my way. It was crisis management; I dealt with what was before...
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The Monster know as Addiction – Keeping hope and optimism as you move forward...
Addiction is like a monster; it looms in the dark and it seems to strike without warning. Often there were days that I would slowly begin to pop up and think maybe the ‘monster’ is gone… The monster...
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A Mothers Journey from darkness to light
Just as I had hopes and dreams for my daughter to be happy, healthy and whole, it occurred to me that I have the same hopes and dreams for myself and my family. Somehow along the way we all became...
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Step by Step – Working through the Alanon 12 steps to reclaim your life
There was a point in time during my journey with my daughter that I needed to learn more about myself and my co-dependent behaviors. As my daughter had been getting help, I needed to continue to get...
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The Struggle to set healthy boundaries for growth and responsibility
One of the challenges that I face is my desire to help my daughter while she’s in recovery. The problem is that part of her healthy recovery is learning to take full responsibility for her life. It is...
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Progress, Not Perfection to overcome co-dependent behaviors
It seems as time goes on I am making progress with my recovery as a co-dependent. But, yet, I get frustrated that I can’t ‘get it’ right all the time. It’s an interesting paradox to immerse yourself...
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Home sweet home – the joy of recovery
As time goes on I am making progress with my recovery as a co-dependent. But, yet, I get frustrated that I can’t ‘get it’ right all the time. It’s an interesting paradox to immerse yourself into...
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Mind Your Own Business – Let go to honor your loved ones journey of recovery
In the past whenever a relapse would occur with my daughter, I would wonder what was next… Will this be the last relapse and she will begin moving forward? How long will it be before the next relapse?...
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Forgiveness is Freedom – Start by forgiving yourself along with your addicted...
During the turmoil of living with a loved one struggling with addiction a lot of hurtful things are done and said. This is not only true of the addict and their behaviors, but also for those of us in...
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