About Couple Recovery
On the Road to Recovery
Couples need a roadmap to help provide direction through the twists, turns, and the challenges of couple and family recovery
Over 25 million Americans are in long-term recovery
We know that about two-thirds of all American families have been impacted by addiction. Many times couples and families are told to “work their own program” before trying to address couple and family issues
There is no empirical research to support separating partners in early recovery
Defining Couple Recovery
Supporting individuals and relationships
Individual Recovery
Individual Recovery
Couple Recovery
FAQ
Most frequent questions about couple recovery
While it is important that both of you focus on your individual health and recovery, it can be very helpful to also address relationship issues as well, they do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Great question! This has been a long-standing recommendation that is not supported by any empirical support. What the research does show is that healthy relationships are strongly linked to better treatment outcomes for the person with the addictive disorder as well as for the family members.
Unfortunately, at this point we still have a ways to go. Some programs are starting to recognize and integrate couple recovery into their treatment sooner than later, going beyond the traditional “codependency” groups for partners.
An addictive disorder impacts not just the person with the disorder, but the entire family. Couple recovery acknowledges that this is a family disorder in that family members also need to recover from the often traumatic consequences and to work together in moving forward as a recovering couple/family.