How to Talk so Someone With Addiction Will Listen (families)
Help for families struggling with an addiction problem
Useful stories and common sense answers to your questions about addiction, treatment, and recovery from Scott McMillin, co-author of “Freeing Someone You Love from Alcohol and Other Drugs” and six other popular addiction books.
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Drug Sniffing Parents
…actually more of an issue now than in the 80’s, because of the presence of super-powerful opioids like fentanyl or carfentanil, and the growing risk of unintended overdose.
Topics: adolescent addiction, cannabis, prescription medications
Chill Breathing
I felt better and according to science, made better decisions if I took a few moments to calm myself.
Topics: anxiety, decision making, tools for recovery
Are Video Games Addictive?
Isn’t that a bit like the drinker who insists he’s fine except that he just drinks a whole lot more than other people?
Topics: compulsive behavior, mental illness
Maintenance Dilemma
Would you respond to this information with a concerted effort at self-examination and profound behavior change?
Topics: addiction medications, client engagement and motivation, MAT, opioids
Suboxone and Overdose
Naloxone is there to prevent someone from injecting Suboxone to get high.
Topics: addiction medications, consequences, mortality, opioids, prescription medications
War Within
That’s the mystery: Not why some people become addicted to certain substances, but why others do not.
Topics: consequences, emotional issues, relapse
A ‘Secret’ Life
He perceives it as gradual when in reality it’s progressing rather quickly.
Topics: defense mechanisms, recognizing addiction, recovery memoir
What My Treatment Center Did Right
Treatment is a formative time for a recovering addict—the ideas that seem to save us end up staying with us.
Topics: 12Step, disease, tools for recovery
Fault and Blame
Rehab isn’t intended to effect a cure for someone’s addiction. We don’t have a cure for anybody’s addiction.
Social Media and Recovery
In other words, they may also be engaged in professional treatment, attending live support groups, seeking medical or mental health care, or some combination of the above.
Topics: maintaining sobriety, recovery support groups, tools for recovery
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