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Anxiety and depression are the bad buddies of addiction. In recovery, we look for healthy ways to reduce anxiety and build resilience, without turning to false solutions like alcohol and drugs. [...]

Assertive Communication How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt: Part 4  Finally, the best is last in our blog series.  Assertive communication in addiction!  There is a healthy way to communicate [...]

How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt: Passive Aggressive Communication is Common in Addiction FINE. Whatever. These are phrases common in passive aggressive communication, which is the most [...]

How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt Part Two: Negative Communication In communication, as in most things human, “we have met the enemy, and it is us.”  Negative communication patterns in [...]

How to Communicate to Heal, Not Hurt Communication in addiction and its value in recovery can be overlooked and under-appreciated. “People start to heal the moment they feel heard,” says Chery [...]

Addiction is a Family Affair Addiction does not discriminate.  Addiction does not negotiate.  Addiction takes hostages.  People in active addiction use substances (alcohol, prescription drugs, [...]

“I know who they are, and at times, I see them.” This is a familiar statement I have heard from family members about their addicted loved ones.  It is evidence of how much addiction is a disorder [...]

“Addiction does not negotiate” This is a quote from Eric Clapton, and it couldn’t be more true! It’s amazing how many addicts, alcoholics, whatever terminology you wish, attempts to [...]

I am married to an addict in recovery. A recovery warrior. Here is a little piece, a little glimpse of what marriage looks like while one partner is living in active addiction. I’m on my [...]

“…people die in recovery again and again because the identity was more important to them than the act of recovery was.  In our addiction we were always apart from, in recovery we [...]