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TOPIC: What can I do if my loved one won’t accept he/she has a problem? |
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Friday, 18 June 2010 12:50 |
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If your loved one is in denial, it is very difficult to break through it on your own. There is much emotional history and probably many unhealthy coping skills within the family and it often needs an addiction professional intervention. This intervention however does not mean that you confront the chemically dependent person. It means that the family needs to learn new coping skills and the family needs to take the necessary time to learn more about addiction, heal and make healthy changes in their own behaviour so that the family is part of the active process that brings the addict’s bottom up to meet them, rather than waiting for them to fall towards their own rock bottom. |
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Your Thoughts? |
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Thursday, 05 August 2010 16:28 |
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DO you know someone who won't accept that they have a problem? Click here to share your thoughts, ideas, opinions and experience with us!
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NEWS |
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 11:22 |
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Introduction to Addiction Workshop to be held at the end of September. For more information contact Candice Garrun on
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Addiction is like an octopus! Uhm... Say what? |
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Friday, 18 June 2010 17:44 |
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 The octopus is an amazing creature! Because it has no cartilage in its body it can take on many forms and mould itself to fit through any shape. It’s like an aquatic shapeshifter! Well addiction is very much the same as it can present itself in a variety of ways and take on several forms.
When we think about addiction the most common things that come to mind are drugs and alcohol. However addiction can appear in many different ways in many different people. Addiction is not limited to drugs and alcohol but also appears in many other behaviours which include: -
Gambling
- Sex and/or pornography addiction
- Love and/or relationship addiction
- Eating disorders /overeating
- Compulsive shopping and spending
- Excessive working
- Technology addictions
- Drug addiction and/or alcoholism
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