Living with an Addicted Spouse

Living with an addicted spouses can be complicated and painful, and blurring the line between supporting and enabling their addiction is easy to do. It’s important to understand the difference in loving them and being supportive of them versus allowing them to...

After Rehab: What to Expect

If you are considering going to a rehabilitation facility to help overcome addiction, you might want to know what to expect after rehab. The follow-up care after treatment is just as important as the treatment itself. Failing to follow proper aftercare might make you...

Staying Sober in a Drinking Crowd

Staying sober can be difficult, especially when everyone around you is drinking. When you’re on a mission to cut back on alcohol, places like holiday parties or gatherings to watch a big game are hard to attend. Because they are places where friends will most...

How-to Benefit from Alcohol Support Groups

Alcoholism is a very complex disease that can have both long-term and short-term effects. There are alcohol support groups that help people struggling with alcoholism deal with what they are going through. These support groups are free, and open to those who are...

Substituting Addiction: Replacing your Vice

It is not uncommon for someone to start substituting addiction with one thing for another addiction. This falls in line with the idea that an addiction is a disease. Many people believe that once someone has entered into or completed treatment for an addiction, they...

Codependency and Alcoholism

Codependency and alcoholism are very closely linked for many people and can present a problem with recovery. A codependent relationship occurs when an individual’s emotional needs and self-esteem are wholly dependent on another person. This can occur with alcoholism...