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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Intervention with a professional present?
So the professional’s real value to an intervention is as a guide. One who can offer something the family really does need: a degree of informed objectivity.
Topics: getting help, intervention
The Bullying Game
Pretty soon we’re having a big argument which ends with me feeling miserable and him gone to the pub.
Topics: communication, enabling and provoking, family dysfunction, getting help, toxic relationships
Is it Treatment Failure or Relapse?
“We paid almost $50,000 for that program and it seems like a complete waste. We feel so helpless. What do we do?”
Topics: intervention, outcomes, relapse
Is There a Cure?
When I think of a ‘cure’ for alcoholism, I mean the ability to drink without further problems.
Topics: alcoholism, bad information, disease
Can I Help My Boyfriend Stop Drinking?
Once someone with alcoholism acknowledges the need for professional help, even insincerely, the biggest obstacle is gone.
Topics: co dependency, communication, getting help, negotiation, promoting recovery, recognizing addiction, signs and symptoms
Helping Family Members Recover
He still isn’t willing to talk about me or my feelings. The kids and I went through three years of pain waiting for him to reach the point where he admitted he needed help
Topics: alanon and alateen, co dependency, early recovery, maintaining sobriety, promoting recovery, recovery support groups
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