How Addiction Damages Relationships, Intimacy

Anyone who has lived with addiction of any kind knows that addictive behavior affects everyone around them in unhealthy ways. In some relationships, addiction creates a counter-condition called "codependency." A codependent makes unhealthy behavior changes to accommodate the addict. Codependency and addiction are equal and opposite in unhealthiness. They reflect imbalance and distortion in these areas. Read more

How Addiction and Codependency Distort Relationships

Anyone who has lived with addiction of any kind knows that addictive behavior affects everyone around them in unhealthy ways. In some relationships, addiction creates a counter-condition called "codependency." A codependent makes unhealthy behavior changes to accommodate the addict. Codependency and addiction are equal and opposite in unhealthiness. They reflect imbalance and distortion in these areas. How Addiction and Codependency Distort Relationships

How Addiction and Codependency Distort Relationships

Anyone who has lived with addiction of any kind knows that addictive behavior affects everyone around them in unhealthy ways. In some relationships, addiction creates a counter-condition called "codependency." A codependent makes unhealthy behavior changes to accommodate the addict. Codependency and addiction are equal and opposite in unhealthiness. They reflect imbalance and distortion in these areas.   How Addiction and Codependency Distort Relationships

Fear of Success as Coping Skill for Low Self-Esteem

Fear of Success as Low Self-Esteem Defense Mechanism
Fear of Success is a psychological term that describes panic attack and depression symptoms associated with experiences of success. For people with chronic low self esteem, experiences of success are foreign. 'Fear of success' is a coping mechanism.
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AA and Al-Anon Slogan and Recovery: Live and Let Live

AA and Al-Anon Slogans: Live and Let Live
I write on a variety of topics and it touching to see how many requests and searches I get for 'AA Slogans' and Al-Anon Slogans'. Al-Anon slogans offer that boost of strength so many of us need for recovery. 'Live and Let Live' is extremely helpful.
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