HELP A FAMILY MEMBER WITH ADDICTION
I Found a New Path to a Bright Future with No Regret
Before I came here, my mom would talk about how what I’m doing to myself was killing her too! I can see that MOM is now full of life too, and that is really cool. I have a passion for life again, not just a body that’s going through the motions.
Spotting Addiction: How to Tell if Your Loved One Has a Problem
Given that drug addiction is a more lethal crisis than perhaps it’s ever been (as evidenced by soaring overdose fatalities), family members can’t just stand by and wait for a loved one to come forward and admit to an addiction. They have to be able to spot the problem, then take action.
What to Do When Your Addicted Loved One Says, “I Don’t Have a Problem”
When someone struggles with drug addiction or alcoholism, getting that person help becomes the priority. Addiction is a lethal crisis—something that claims the lives of thousands of people every year. There’s no telling when a deadly overdose or accident could come about.
A Checklist for Helping an Addicted Loved One Seek Treatment
Helping a loved one overcome a drug habit or alcoholism is no walk in the park. It can be a real challenge and an ongoing one. When you are trying to help your loved one, trying to convince them to get better, it helps to have tips, tools, and techniques at your disposal.
Should Parents with Addictions Be Allowed to Keep Their Kids?
One of the seemingly unsolvable problems, a paradox of sorts, is whether or not people who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction should be allowed to maintain custody of their kids. It becomes a moral question and a hotly debated one.
When an Adolescent must Help an Addicted Parent
“It’s a wild world” as the Cat Stevens song goes, and that couldn’t be truer now. We are living in the second decade of the 21st-century, a time period of technological advancement and big, international change. But this has not all been changes for the good.
