What can you do if you think you are drinking too much? Over the 20 years I have been helping people, I have learned that alcohol is a numbing agent.…...

Although it’s painful to see our loved ones be self-destructive, detaching allows us to enjoy our life despite another person’s problems and behavior. Attachment and caring are normal. It’s healthy…...

RD&T’s contributing writer, Maryanne Comarota, PhD, discusses addictive love and codependent relationships. Learn what you can do if you are in an addictive relationship. The Greeks had five words to…...

Recovery from addiction takes a huge investment of energy. That energy is less available when diluted by defensiveness. Addicts can create their own defensiveness, but they are also surrounded by…...

Happy, safe, secure, comfortable, valued.  These are some of the feelings that you would generally expect to experience from a relationship. Of course, problems and discussions – to some extent –…...

Dr. Margaret Paul, shares her insights on healing food addiction through the practice of Inner Bonding.  Hannah was distressed that, with all the inner work she had done on herself,…...

Poor Narcissus. The gods sentenced him to a life without human love. He fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and died hungering for its…...

Many people ask whether narcissists can change or benefit from therapy. Because narcissists see the cause of their problems as external due to their defenses of denial, distortion, and projection,…...

Codependency is sneaky and powerful. You may not be aware that it’s the root cause of your problems. Focusing your thinking and behavior around someone else is a sign of…...

Projection is a defense mechanism commonly used by abusers, including people with narcissistic or borderline personality disorder and addicts. Basically, they say, “It’s not me, it’s you.” When we project,…...