Category: Relationships
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Sober Date Ideas and Tips For Those in Recovery
For those recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction, dating can be a complicated and confusing world. When you finally decide to start dating again, there are several things you should consider before taking the first step towards a relationship.
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Healing for Partners of Sex Addicts
Discovering that your partner has a sex addiction can feel like the ground has been ripped out from under you. The betrayal, the secrecy, the broken trust all hits at once, leaving you questioning everything. While it can (understandably) feel personal for the partner of a sex addict, it isn’t about a lack of love…
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The Importance of Family in Addiction Treatment
While recovery is ultimately an individual journey, having the support of family can make a huge difference in your success. Not everyone has family to support them, and not everyone’s family is supportive. But if you have family willing to walk with you, it’s important to know how your addiction affects them, as well as…
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How to Battle Bullying
Every September for the past 30 years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has sponsored Recovery Month. This important national observance is aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrating the people who get up each morning and bravely continue the journey of recovery.
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Independent to a Fault?
Independence is a powerful trait. It can give us a sense of self-worth, of purpose, and of life satisfaction. But it turns out you can also be too independent. Just as too much dependency can lead to problematic relationships and codependency, being independent to a fault has downsides of its own.
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Addressing Attachment Styles
Attachments are the basis of human connection. We form healthy or unhealthy attachments with others based on our experience of relationships and the world around us. Attachment issues in adults can stem from both early childhood and personal development; attachment issues in children are usually formed in infancy, though early childhood relationships can play a…
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Hyper- and Hypoarousal and Trauma
Fight, flight, or freeze. You’ve probably heard this phrase before, most likely referring to what humans do if we run into a bear or encounter an intruder in our home. You might even know, based on experience, which one you’re most likely to do in a stressful situation.
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When Abuse Claims are Tried in Public
Considering how shockingly commonplace domestic abuse is, there’s probably a case, or a number of cases, being reviewed in court somewhere as you read this. Nearly 20 people every minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). That breaks down to more…
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Early Empty Nesters
By Wesley Gallagher Technology. It’s everywhere, for better or for worse. Children, in particular, are surrounded by it. While many adults remember a time when there were no laptops or cell phones, kids these days have been holding iPhones since before they could walk, and it’s changing the way young people grow up. Parents of…
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Tapping into Resiliency: How to Be Okay With the Holidays in the Age of COVID
By Christa Banister It’s no secret that 2020 has been one for the history books. In addition to being an election year, which is certainly eventful enough all by itself, we’ve all been forced to adapt in unimaginable ways. Now with the holidays rapidly approaching, many traditions will be forced to undergo an adaptation of…
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A Bad Relationship Isn’t Better Than No Relationship
By Anna McKenzie You may experience plenty of times in your life when you feel like being in a relationship would be better than being single. This can happen especially during periods like the holidays or around Valentine’s Day when it seems like “everybody” has somebody. No matter when it strikes, the feeling of “I…
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Attachment Theory: Feeling Attachment Security in the Body
By Dr. Jon Caldwell, D.O., Ph.D. Several months ago, as I sat waiting to board a flight, my attention was captivated by an active toddler sitting (for the most part) on her mother’s lap. Beneath naturally curly locks of hair, her eyes, bright and curious, darted about the busy terminal, feasting on the smorgasbord of…