Category: Families

Could Couples Therapy Help You Repair the Damage of Addiction?

By Phil Kosanovich on August 17, 2021

Addiction can strain your relationship with your spouse or partner, and efforts to hide addictive behaviors can lead to dishonesty and mistrust. In some cases, you may develop a relationship of codependence as one partner tries to meet the other’s drug or alcohol needs. Research suggests that couples where one partner is abusing drugs or […]

Being A Successful Parent in Recovery Through Family Therapy

By Phil Kosanovich on August 12, 2021

Addiction: A Family Disease Compulsive drug or alcohol use can shatter relationships with family members. Substance use disorders lead us to behave in ways that break the trust of loved ones, either through broken promises, neglected relationships, or outright verbal or physical violence. This has particularly calamitous consequences for children when they have witnessed addiction’s […]

Addiction in Older Adults: Treatment Considerations

By Phil Kosanovich on August 10, 2021

Addiction is an invisible epidemic among people aged 65 and up. In this demographic, addiction is often underdiagnosed or not mentioned at all by health care professionals, and this silence poses a huge obstacle to older adults getting the help they need. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), alcohol and […]

Relationship Problems in Recovery

By Phil Kosanovich on July 29, 2021

“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, but human connection” – Johann Hari People tend to focus on the damaging physical and psychological effects of substance misuse; however, it affects many areas of one’s life, including relationships. Addiction makes it hard to maintain open communication, trust, and respect, which are vital in maintaining healthy relationships. […]

Re-joining our Families after Substance Use Treatment

By Phil Kosanovich on July 22, 2021

Re-joining our families after substance abuse treatment can feel overwhelming. It’s not just your health and mental well-being that’s harmed by substance use – it’s also your interpersonal relationships. During active addiction, many of us do things we would never dream of doing sober, and it’s very common for people to steal from or deceive […]

For Friends and Family – When to Intervene

By Phil Kosanovich on July 20, 2021

An intervention is when friends or family attempt to get help for someone struggling with or resistant to treatment for substance abuse issues or mental health disorders. Loved ones enlist a qualified professional to facilitate an intervention to encourage recognition of the problem and accept the need to change. Intervention is a long-standing recognized tool […]

Getting a Loved One Help

By Phil Kosanovich on July 13, 2021

Seeing a family member, friend, or loved one go through addiction is a heartbreaking experience, and people are right to be concerned – 841,000 Americans have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. Addiction quickly gains a foothold in peoples lives, and they can seemingly change overnight, prioritizing drug or alcohol use over anything else. […]

Relationships in Early Recovery

By Phil Kosanovich on June 24, 2021

Recovery from addiction is a very personal journey. There are many challenges that can arise during this, and it can be difficult to stay motivated when we are faced with feelings of dread or hopelessness, or when we feel overwhelmed by urges and cravings. We are often encouraged to seek social support to make our […]

What To Do If Your Loved One Has A Drug Or Alcohol Addiction

By Phil Kosanovich on July 7, 2020

Discovering that a loved one has an addiction issue can be devastating for a family. Typically family members will feel crushed by the problem, overwhelmed by a sense of hopelessness, frightened by the possibility of losing someone so close to them. However, there is in fact hope for affected families. There is strong evidence today […]

Parenting in Recovery: How to Prevent Addiction in your Children

By Phil Kosanovich on August 31, 2016

Raising children in this day and age is difficult to say the least. Parents try to set good examples for their children every day but still struggle to do the right thing in each situation. Raising children as a recovering addict is even more difficult. How as parents can we shelter our kids from the […]

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