The Impact of Addiction on Families If you’re trying to help a family member who’s been struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction, chances are you’ve been impacted nearly as profoundly as they have. You may not be struggling in exactly the same...
Talking to Your Kids About Your Addiction Protecting children from the dangers they may encounter in life, including alcohol and drug addiction, is one of every parent’s priorities. Part of setting your child up for success involves talking to them about addiction’s...
How to Talk to Your Family About Recovery It’s common for most people to believe that only the person affected by addiction needs treatment. Yet addiction can affect family and friends in several ways too. While a person struggles with addiction, relationships...
How to Help an Addicted Loved One Without Enabling When someone you care about is suffering from drug addiction, alcoholism, or another form of a substance use disorder, you often need to walk a fine line, one that allows you to provide...
Steps to Help You Reach Out for Help With Addiction For those struggling with drug addiction and other forms of a substance use disorder, help can seem far off and elusive. Just admitting you need help is often a significant impediment, as...
Effects of Growing Up With an Alcoholic Parent Growing up with an alcoholic parent can be devastating for impressionable children. Those young children eventually grow up to be adults that can sometimes struggle to make sense of their place in a family...
Steps to Help an Adult Addicted to Drugs Drug addiction can impose its will on any family, regardless of any demographic designation. Often, friends, family members, and loved ones suffer even more as they watch the negative impacts of drugs on someone...
Tips for Staging an Intervention Watching a friend or loved one struggle with drug addiction or fall into the depths of alcoholism is challenging, but the only thing you want to do is help. You want to get your friend or family...
Understanding Codeine Cough Syrup Abuse and Who Is Most at Risk When you think about drugs that teens may use, you may think about things like marijuana, cocaine, or prescription painkillers. However, you probably do not picture the cough medicine in your...
Finding Support for Families of Opioid Addicts It’s extremely difficult to watch a loved one struggle with opioid addiction as it affects not only the person abusing substances but also has a powerful effect on family members and friends. You may feel...
