Most of us grew up with a simple idea about anger and rage: that they are the same thing at different volumes. Anger is the dial at four, rage is the dial at ten. Author and counselor John Lee says th...
The moment a family hears the phrase addiction is a family disease, something happens in the room. And it usually goes one of two ways.
Some people fold inward. They hear family disease and immediate...
If you love someone struggling with addiction, you have almost certainly asked the question, some nights out loud and some nights only in your head: why can't they just stop?
It is the right question...
The quiet disappearing act
When someone we love is in trouble, our whole world reorganizes around them. Their needs become the only needs. Slowly, without deciding to, we stop doing the things that u...
It usually starts with something small and loving. You pay the phone bill so they can stay reachable. You call their boss and say they have the flu. You cover rent one more month, you hire the lawyer,...
If you love someone struggling with addiction, you have probably been told you need "better boundaries." It is some of the most common advice given to families, and some of the least explained. What i...