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Is My Spouse an Alcoholic? Signs, Help & Next Steps

By Danielle Graniello, LVN on March 8, 2022

If you’re asking yourself, “Is my spouse an alcoholic?”, you’re not alone. Many spouses see gradual changes, more frequent drinking, irritability, secrecy, long before they realize it’s become a serious problem. Alcohol addiction rarely looks like the stereotypes seen on TV. It can develop quietly, even in people who appear to function normally at work or at home. Understanding the signs of alcohol use disorder […]

How Can Internal Family Systems Therapy Help You Recover from Addiction?

By Danielle Graniello, LVN 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 Danielle Graniello, LVN 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 […]

Being A Successful Parent in Recovery Through Family Therapy

By Danielle Graniello, LVN 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 Danielle Graniello, LVN 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 […]

Getting a Loved One Help

By Danielle Graniello, LVN 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. […]

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

By Danielle Graniello, LVN 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 Danielle Graniello, LVN 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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