Question by bee: Recovered Drug Addicts- Can You PLEASE Answer This? do you think it is NOT healthy for a drug addict dealing with sobriety (freshly out of rehab) to be watching the reality shows on tv like: Intervention & Addicted? Where you watch addicts actually smoke, shoot up, etc. Does this trigger the thought [...]
by Jon Person Question by Undercover: Can 2 recovering addicts have a healthy relationship? I met someone in my AA meetings. He is a recovering addict (approx. 6 months sober) and appears to be getting his life back together. I am scared he will relapse and/or not be completely honest w/ me. I also have [...]
The Impact On Children Who Parents Are Alcoholics Or Drug Addicts / Educational Video PSA. Children in families experiencing alcohol or drug abuse need attention, guidance and support. They may be growing up in homes in which the problems are either denied or covered up. These children need to have their experiences validated. They also [...]
Not just junkies: the stigmatising of drug addicts | Diane Taylor Treatment can help problematic drug users but unless we stop judging them and offer kindness and empathy instead it will fail Drug addicts have a lot in common with other marginalised groups, such as sex workers, people with disabilities and asylum seekers in that [...]
Codependency is a lay term that just really means that there is a less than healthy relationship between you and a significant person to yourself, to the point where that significant person fosters (not actively) the continuation of the destructive behavior. Codependency implies that there is a cohort; an individual who won’t necessarily say go [...]
Changes in your relationship as a part of recovery is an extraordinarily important dimension, not only after recovery starts; you have to realize that your relationships have evolved as a function of being involved in this destructive behavior. You have probably moved people away that don’t support your involvement in the destructive behavior, and you’ve [...]