Overcoming Betrayal and Entering Therapy
Overcoming Betrayal and Entering Therapy For so many partners of addicts , entering into therapy can seem so overwhelming. It feel like you're just trying to hold the fabric of your life, and maybe ...
6 Ways that Family Therapy Can Help Enhance Your Recovery from an Addiction
6 Ways that Family Therapy Can Help Enhance Your Recovery from an Addiction Addiction is a heartbreaking disease.According to the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) initiative, it affects mor ...
Holidays and Knowing Your Place in Recovery and In Your Family
Holidays and Knowing Your Place in Recovery and In Your Family For those who are in recovery, the holidays can be a complicated time. There have often been discoveries and disclosure, which can drama ...
The Importance of a Sexual Compulsivity Relapse Prevention Plan
The Importance of a Sexual Compulsivity Relapse Prevention Plan Stopping a behavior pattern isn't an easy thing to do. It's also not enough to just stop the behavior. Stopping the behavior pattern is ...
Emotional Struggles Later in Recovery
Emotional Struggles Later in Recovery After the dust settles in recovery, and things began to become more stable, it seems like it would be natural to be in a place where life is flowing easier. Howe ...
Is It Possible to Recover After an Affair?
Is It Possible to Recover After an Affair? The short answer is "yes". Many relationships work through and survive an affair. Many even learn how to thrive after it's over. However, in that time immed ...
Is Sex Addiction Ruining Your Life? Sex Addiction Therapy can Help
Is Sex Addiction Ruining Your Life? Sex Addiction Therapy can Help In February we posted about behaviors that point toward sex addiction. This is probably one of the more frequently misunderstood add ...
“How Do I Know I Am A Sex Addict?”
When I let people know that I work with people who are dealing with a sex addiction, I often hear things such as, "I wish I was a sex addict". This tells me that people often misunderstand what being ...
Recovery and ‘Tis the Season
At this time of year, commercials, advertisements, and social network feeds are filled with images of happy families, friends, and celebrations for the holiday season. This can be a very difficult t ...
Early Recovery: “…growing up in public.”
Recovery from active addiction involves much more than simple abstinence from drugs. There is common phrase among addiction professionals and those advocates in the recovery community that addiction i ...