Reconciling with Children Once in Sex Addiction Recovery

Charlie in deep thought about Families and Addiction and Middle-Aged Suicide No matter what we have been through, most of us tend to want the very best for our kids! Either we work harder to give them what we didn’t have, or we commit to providing the great experience we did have. Whatever the situation, when we realize our kids have been harmed—especially by us—it sends [...]
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Can I Quit Alcohol on My Own or Do I Need Rehab?

Woman drinking Alcohol abuse is most likely to be the most common form of addiction. According to the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, around 8 to 9 percent of adults in the United States struggle with alcohol in some way. If you know that you are one of them, then you are most likely looking [...]
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Heroin: The Rapid Descent from Health to Death’s Door

Man in recovery from heroin After its discovery in the second half of the 19th century, heroin was cheered on as a sort of a wonder drug. Today, heroin is known as one of the most addictive substances known to man. This fall in status to from ‘heroic’ to an affliction of society wasn’t an overnight affair, as heroin’s history [...]
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The Doctor Who Destroyed Her Life: Cocaine and Dr. Cerveny

Doctor Discussing Over the Counter Medications A young mother of three, dermatologist, and beauty queen lost her life lying in an apartment doorway after a drug overdose. Marc Henry Johnson pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the death of Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny. Johnson, an HBO producer, admitted to leaving Cerveny in the doorway of an apartment building in [...]
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Reconciling with a Spouse in Recovery from Sexual Addiction

Couple Reconciling After Spouse In Recovery From Sexual Addiction When you learn an art, a leisure pursuit, or even a subject, there is a rich language that accompanies that new venture. For example, if you delve into the world of art, you start with words like “hue,” “balance,” and “composition.” You then evolve into an ever more sophisticated and meaningful dialogue with rich words [...]
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