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Karina Monesson

How the "Rock Bottom" Myth Perpetuates Low-Quality Treatment

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Sep 11, 2018

There’s a common misconception in the addiction field that addicts and alcoholics must hit rock bottom before treatment can be successful. This is a convenient scapegoat for treatment centers, allowing them to say "it’s not our fault your son relapsed, it’s his."

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Nancy Clifford

Transform Your Enabling Style into a Strength

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Jan 13, 2016

When addiction invades your home, it forces you to try to figure out how you might be able to help a child who seems beyond reach. Study your unique style of enabling to find your hidden strengths.

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Joanna Conti

How to Tell If Your Child Has a Drug or Alcohol Problem

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Sep 22, 2015

If you’re worried that your child may have a problem with drugs or alcohol, there’s a good chance your suspicions are correct. While there are undoubtedly parents who worry unnecessarily, far more parents are clueless about how much and how often their kids are getting drunk or high.

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Nancy Clifford

Finding the Route to Recovery

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Sep 4, 2015

As parents of addicts, we each have our own “catastrophe” story. Whether we meet in support groups or battle alone, we become “initiated” into a club we never wished to join, as parents of sons and daughters with a potentially deadly, progressive brain disease.

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Christine Suhan

A Letter To My Children

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Sep 2, 2015

The genetic odds are not in your favor. You undoubtedly have the propensity to become addicted. But hear this, my sweet child. There is another way. And you don’t have to walk through hell to find it.

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Nancy Clifford

Want to Support Your Child's Recovery? Stop Rescuing!

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Aug 22, 2015

When parents finally “come in off the street” to get help with the serious substance abuse of their addicted child, in many ways we closely resemble our down-and-out addict with our worn, drawn faces, vacant stares, and slumped shoulders.

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Laura McKowen

Should I Say Something About Their Drinking?

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Aug 18, 2015

"I have worried about an extended family member's drinking for many years. This family member is functional but drinks far more than is healthy. This person is also very defensive (in general) and I do not think they would be open to hearing concern from me or anyone else... Should we wait until this person reaches out to us?"

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Joanna Conti

The Terror of Discovering Your Child Has an Addiction

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Jun 26, 2015

“We’re airlifting your daughter to shock trauma”, said the paramedic on the phone. “Is she going to be OK?” I asked, barely able to speak. “There’s a lot of blood” was the response and the line went dead.

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Nancy Clifford

Finding Calm Amidst the Rough Waters of Your Child's Addiction

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Jun 15, 2015

My relationships are the most valuable things in my life. But when our third child, a son, found himself in the throes of active addiction, my dream of an intact, united family flew out the window.

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Barbara Stoefen

A Mother's Story of Faith, Love & Crystal Meth

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Sep 26, 2014

Ours was the family to which this could never happen. When my beloved daughter, Annie, became addicted to alcohol, marijuana, and then ultimately lived on the streets of our community as a meth addict, I realized that if addiction could happen to her, then addiction could happen to absolutely anyone. And it of course does.

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