As a person in long-term recovery working with families, it’s evident that substance use disorder devastates everyone in its path. Addiction is a soul-destroying disease, and in the throes of getting high, folks seldom think about how their actions affect the people who love them. Yet, addiction isn’t a singular act. It goes hand in
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When recovering from addiction, either yours or someone you love, it’s important to identify roles. Addiction, like cancer, needs a certain environment to thrive in. Whether it’s genetic, environmental or both, this disease affects all in its path. But no one is more affected than the addicted person’s family. Long before this illness is identified,
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Has anyone ever accused you of feeling too much? If you’re like me you might be soaking up the feelings of everyone around you. I was only a child when I first heard it. A tragedy had just occurred in our home. At least to me it was a tragedy. My mother on the other
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Meet my husband Dave. He wants you to know if he can get clean and sober, you can too. Dave’s story. The first time I met Dave he was bent over a pool table with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He squinted down the table, yelled ‘bank’ and shot. The ball careened off
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