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Articles on
Recovery Solutions For Families With Addiction
by Peggy L. Ferguson, Ph.D., Stillwater, OK
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Eliminating Counter-Productive Behavior
New: You Can Stop the Enabling Despite The Emotional Blackmail
14 Enabling Behaviors for Family Members To Quit Now
Stop the Tag Team Enabling: Helping Your Family Member Find Recovery
Using the "Enabling Worksheet" To Identify Your Enabling Behavior, the Motivation Behind It, and How it Harms You Help! My Addict is Coming Home From Treatment. Helping vs. Enabling
Intervention and Utilizing a Crisis to Offer Help
Seven Steps to An Alcohol or Drug Intervention on Your Adult Loved One
Preparing For An Alcohol or Drug Intervention
The Alcoholic Went to Rehab, Now What?
Twelve Do's and Don'ts for the Family While the Alcoholic is In Rehab
Family Member Self Care and Recovery
New: What Does Recovery From Codependency Look Like?
New: Communication in Addiction Recovery –Twelve Guidelines For Family Feelings Meetings
Post-treatment Family Dynamics of Recovery: Empower Your Recovery By Being Responsible to Your AddictEstablishing Interdependent Relationships and Learning to Be Healthy
Boundaries, Bottom Lines, and Threats: Knowing the Difference Can Empower Family Member Recovery
Boundaries As A Recovery Concept
Letting Go
How to Let Go to Regain Your Peace of Mind
Detachment: How the Family Can Be Alright When the Addict is Still Using
Relapse in One Member Doesn't Mean Relapse for the Whole Family
Addiction: Relapse and the Family
Misc. and General Articles
Basic Information on Family Dynamics of Addiction and Recovery
What Does Recovery From Codependency Look Like?
By Peggy L. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Recovery from "codependency" is a developmental process that occurs over time. Recovery is not a finite event, but rather an ongoing evolutionary process. People who identify themselves as "codependent" know what they are trying to eliminate and change in their lives, but they may not be so sure about what healthy looks like from a codependent's frame of reference.
Although there are as many definitions of "codependency" as there people who have written about it since the l980s, every definition I have ever come across has involved "dependency" as a major area of concern. Early on, codependency was described as the family member's dependence on the alcoholism, like the alcoholic dependence on alcohol. The definition has continued to evolve over time, and it has come to be used to define the maladaptive dependence on people and things outside of self, to provide a sense of identity, self-esteem and purpose. To read the rest of the article, follow this link: What Does Recovery From Codependency Look Like?
Communication in Addiction Recovery –
Twelve Guidelines For Family Feelings Meetings
By Peggy L. Ferguson, Ph.D.
Before treatment and recovery, there were "Don't Trust, Don't Talk, Don't Feel" rules. Now, it seems that they are being encouraged by everyone to talk about feelings. Spouses may not trust the recovering alcoholic/addict with their feelings. They may be concerned that their feelings will be used against them. They may expect old behavior from the addict. Children will also have "trust issues", but they may not have even learned how to identify their feelings. They may have experienced the other parent making excuses for the addict when they tried to say how they felt about the drunken parent's behavior. They may also be fearful of the reactions to their feelings by one or both parents. To read the rest of this article, follow this link: Communication in Addiction Recovery –Twelve Guidelines For Family Feelings Meetings
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Providing services for Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Chemical Dependency, Sex Addiction, Mental Health Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Management, Addiction Recovery, Drug Abuse, Spouse of sex addict, Relapse prevention, Drug cravings, Family Business Issues, Couple Money Issues, Co-dependency, Adult Children of Alcoholism Issues, Cross-addiction, Co-occurring disorders, marital family therapy, marriage family counseling, step-parenting, step-family issues, couple money issues, grief, mid-life issues, infidelity. Providing individual, group, marriage, family, and couples sessions. Providing professional supervision and training and consultation services.
