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Couples and Addiction Recovery: Why Partners Need Couple Recovery

There are many paths to recovery, one size does not fit all. However, over the years I have found a missing piece that limits the great healing potential for individuals, couples and families. That glaring difficulty for many, if not most, couples impacted by addiction and recovery is that they are discouraged to begin couple recovery. Instead, the advice is to limit the focus to individual recoveries for each partner and family members. The following are "composites" of the stories I have heard from couples when a partner has been in outpatient or inpatient treatment for addiction.

Family Recovery: What we Have Learned From Research

There have been many studies over the years on the impact of alcoholism on couples and on families, but nobody had ever asked the question: What is normal in family recovery processes? This research has potential implications for all families impacted by any serious mental health, behavioral, or physical disorder.

My Partner Is In Denial: Part 2 – What To Do

In my last blog, My Partner Is In Denial: Part 1 The Problem, I address the impact of a partner's denial, When we care about somebody who is in denial, and that denial has an impact on our own wellness, feelings of isolation, anger, resentment, fear, and frustration typically follow. Initial steps should include a focus on self-care, letting go at least initially, of what to do about the partner. In this article, I suggest some strategies to consider in addressing your partner's denial.

Is Couple Addiction Recovery Really a Thing?

This is a really good question to grapple with, one that can be answered from many perspectives. Let's start with some definitions found in some mainline professional addiction treatment sources.