Is someone you love harming themselves with an addiction? Learn how you can be of help to yourself and addiction in the family. Dealing with addicted family members is always…

Anger at others is often a manifestation of a lack of self-care. Is your inner child angry at you for your lack of self-care and then projecting this onto others?…

The widespread, and much publicized, damage, and deaths from excessive opiate use have clearly emphasized the deep-rooted health crisis of addiction. Yet, the problem of addiction involves substances and behaviors…...

Underlying all addictive behavior is the intent to avoid the deeply painful existential feelings of loneliness, grief, heartbreak, and helplessness over others. Food, sugar, alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and caffeine, as…...

Laura Dabney, M.D., gives 4 things that don’t work when you decide to say no to alcohol. 1. Don’t be a dictator. Don’t be a dictator to yourself, and don’t…...

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 –…...