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Strategies for Changing Your Mindset in Early Recovery
By Phil Kosanovich on September 9, 2021
Addiction recovery requires growth and change. It involves repairing relationships with friends and family, developing coping strategies for triggers, and engaging in hobbies and passions that help you stay away from drugs or alcohol. Making these changes requires a certain mindset. You need to open your mind to the possibility of personal growth and recovery […]
Healing the Entire Unit: Family Therapy and Drug Addiction Treatment
By Phil Kosanovich on September 2, 2021
If you or your loved one is battling addiction, you may have experienced feeling that once addiction permeates a family dynamic, there’s no going back. However, family therapy can help. Family therapists are specifically trained in reconciliation, trust-building, communication, and boundary setting, and while family therapy may not be an addiction treatment in itself, it […]
How Can Internal Family Systems Therapy Help You Recover from Addiction?
By Phil Kosanovich on August 31, 2021
At its heart, addiction is a complex condition that involves a tangle of mental, emotional, and physical processes that each need to be unraveled and managed. Many mental processes and emotional challenges can trigger the compulsion to use substances, and an effective, long-term treatment plan will involve therapies aimed at discovering and healing our response […]
How Does Couples Therapy Work in Rehab? The Do’s and Don’ts
By Phil Kosanovich on August 26, 2021
Addiction takes its toll on any relationship. In some cases, it leads to conflicts based on dishonesty and secrecy surrounding drug use. In other cases, it creates unhealthy dynamics of enabling drug use and co-dependency. Scientific study confirms that couples usually have extensive relationship problems when one partner is abusing drugs or alcohol. If you […]
The Power of Connection to Others for Recovery
By Phil Kosanovich on August 24, 2021
“The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.” ~ Dean Ornish, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California Most approaches to addiction treatment encompass a deep understanding of how vital connection is to recovery. From AA meetings to residential rehabilitation centers, group counseling, […]
Double Trouble: Are You Addicted to Multiple Substances?
By Phil Kosanovich on August 19, 2021
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are physical conditions that often have little to do with substance use itself. At its heart, alcohol addiction doesn’t usually stem from an all-consuming love of drinking; it is much more likely to come from needs that are not being met, traumas that are being repressed, or other emotional or mental […]
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 […]