Category Archives: Addiction

Understanding Internal Family Systems Therapy And Its Relationship To Codependency

May 21, 2022

There are various types of treatment options used with individuals through therapy. Some types of therapy are designed to work from the diagnosis of the patient or individual, while others are focused on holistically treating the individual and not focus…

Myths That Keep Us Feeling Sorry For Narcissists

October 05, 2021

Narcissists are chameleons with the ability to appear to be just what you want and need, at least for the initial whirlwind part of the relationship. However, once they have established the relationship, the dynamics change rapidly, with the narcissist…

The Relationship Between Early Trauma And Love Addiction

July 27, 2021

Love addiction is not a psychological diagnosis, but that does not mean people cannot become addicted to being in a relationship. Most people know at least one person that is constantly getting into the same bad relationships with the same…

Using The Law Of Attraction To Develop Healthy Boundaries

August 06, 2020

Boundaries are similar to the rules that govern how a person interacts with the world around them. People with no boundaries do not follow typical relationship rules when interacting with people in their personal and professional lives. They may overshare…

When Love Feels Like An Addiction

July 30, 2020

Love is an essential component of any relationship. Unfortunately, for those in relationships with addicts or narcissists, love can begin to feel like an addiction itself. Individuals in these types of relationships must develop unhealthy coping mechanisms that mimic the…

What Twelve Step Programs Can Teach You About Dealing with Chaos

May 26, 2020

Twelve step programs have helped millions of adults who felt like their life was spinning out of control. Even if you’re not addicted to alcohol or gambling, their philosophy may help you when external events make your situation seem unmanageable. Maybe…

Coping With Isolation

March 29, 2020

Four Tips For Addicts During The Coronavirus Everyone is struggling to develop new skills and options for managing day to day life in these trying times. The unknown factors and the known issues with the coronavirus create a lot of…

Are You Addicted to Dating?

February 15, 2020

There have always been people who were addicted to dating, but since the proliferation of online dating sites this problem has really taken off. Originally, online dating sites helped you meet someone to settle down with. But now, for many…

Love Addiction and Withdrawal

February 11, 2020

As infants we become attached to our primary caretaker. We call it bonding. As we begin to form our own identity, we begin to detach. We call this individuation. If we do not do this, then we never grow up…

Love Addicts & Abandonment

January 06, 2020

“The lover says, I cannot love anyone else, I cannot give up loving, I cannot give up this love, for it would be the death of me and I would die of love.” Soren Kierkegaard in Works of Love Many…