Alcohol addiction doesn’t just impact the addict. Alcohol addiction impacts their family and friends as well. Through addiction, family and friends experience the trauma of a loved one hurting themselves or others and feeling powerless to stop it. Al-Anon meetings...
If you have a child struggling with addiction, it’s only natural to wonder how long they’ll have to stay at a treatment center once admitted. Overcoming an addiction doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time for an individual to kick the habit and for the body and...
One of the things about addiction that are worth bearing in mind is that they can often run in families. This is certainly true of some of the more common kinds of addiction which are very prevalent in our society, and the most prevalent of all is probably alcohol...
When a spouse has an illness, will the love and support of their partner be that they can find the strength to recover or choose the treatment option that is going to work the best for them. Drugs and alcohol require specialist treatment and the support of a spouse...
Having a family member or parent with addiction is definitely one of the hardest things a kid could go through. Especially when one of them is your parent. “Kids don’t understand”... Is what you think. My name’s Lexi Broughton and I’m almost fifteen. I’m from Mt...
Addictions are personal but, the consequences have the potential to destroy the whole family or those closest to the person struggling with a drug problem. Since every family is a system, of interconnected individuals, a change in one person is bound to bring about...
Alcohol addiction not only affects the addict but, also their families. Alcoholism causes individuals to push away their families and loved ones, making them feel even more isolated and lonely. Additionally, those struggling with alcoholism often neglect their...
Addiction is far more common than people realize and in the US in 2017, 37% of adults struggled with some form of addiction. Trying to beat an addiction is incredibly difficult without support and expert treatment, which is why rehab facilities are so vital in the...
Many people are good at hiding their addiction to start with, but eventually, friends and family find out and it puts a huge amount of strain on relationships. When people have serious substance abuse issues, feeding their addiction becomes their main priority, and...
Watching a loved one struggle with addiction is often painful. The situation is even more traumatic when the loved one is your parent. In an ideal world, all children would be raised by caring, responsible parents who do their best to provide for the family....
