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How Do I Effectively Help My Adult Child Who’s Struggling?

How Do I Effectively Help My Adult Child Who’s Struggling?

Supporting an adult child who is struggling with drug abuse or alcohol abuse or a mental health crisis can be a challenging and delicate situation. Recognizing the difference between a healthy relationship versus unhealthy caregiving and codependency is essential. Here are some things that can you in creating and maintaining a healthy relationship with your…

How Much You Drink Can Unintentionally Influence Your Child’s Drinking

How Much You Drink Can Unintentionally Influence Your Child’s Drinking

Parents profoundly impact their children’s behavior, attitudes, and values. Children often model their behavior after what they see their parents doing. When parents tell their children not to engage in certain behaviors, like drinking alcohol, but then engage in those behaviors themselves, it sends mixed messages. Children may become confused about what is acceptable or…

Having A Conversation With A Student Struggling With Alcohol Abuse
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Having A Conversation With A Student Struggling With Alcohol Abuse

College students letting loose on a Friday night, drunkenly dancing with red solo cups in their hands. An enormous pile of beer cans at a tailgate, and thousands of students preparing for the big football game, wearing their school apparel. These images, linking college and alcohol use, are so pervasive and so constant that they have merely…

Walking Side By Side: The Value of Recovery Coaching
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Walking Side By Side: The Value of Recovery Coaching

To really understand the value of recovery coaching, we need to understand peer recovery coaching. Recovery coaching is strengths-based support for people with addictions—alcohol, other drugs, codependency, or other addictive behaviors. It’s action-driven with an emphasis on improving present life and reaching goals for the future. Recovery coaches can help clients find resources for harm…

Returning To School After Addiction Treatment
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Returning To School After Addiction Treatment

Addiction is a disease that is handled differently from person to person, and the same goes with finding the right education plan for students who are returning from treatment. Whether it’s high school or college, returning to school after addiction treatment poses challenges for both individuals and families. Even though parents may want their child…