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Alcohol InterventionWhat it is like to Lose a Family Member to Alcoholism?
July 17, 2025 We provide webinars on various topics monthly and send approximately 5,000 emails or text messages, notifying select previous callers of the upcoming webinar’s time, day, and subject. Sadly, at least…
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EnablingFamily InterventionHow to Handle Codependency Issues in Friends and Family
July 8, 2025 Handling codependency issues with friends and family requires you to recognize why and where the codependency is coming from. In lay terms, codependency is I feel better when they feel…
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Family InterventionUnderstanding Alcoholism Within Families
July 1, 2025 Alcoholism and drug addiction devastate family systems. Anyone reading this article or watching the associated video is most likely filled with anxiety and fears of the unknown. While many believe…
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Family InterventionCan a Marriage Survive Drug or Alcohol Addiction?
June 9, 2025 When you’re married to a substance user, it can be devastating. Some of the spouses’ most significant challenges are realizing when their loved one is using substances, they’re putting you…
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Enabling
How Professional Interventions Can Help Families Recognize and Address Enabling Behaviors
June 9, 2025 A significant part of our S.A.F.E. family recovery coaching program and intervention process helps families recognize, address, and understand their enabling behaviors. When we enable people, we disable their ability…
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Alcohol InterventionWhat If They Say No During Drug Or Alcohol Intervention?
June 6, 2025 This question is by far the most often asked by families. The data suggest that families asking this question do not proceed with an intervention. The data also confirms that…
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Drug Intervention
What are the 5 Stages of Change in Recovery from Addiction?
April 1, 2025 The Transtheoretical Model (TTM), or Stages of Change Model, in addiction recovery, breaks down the journey of behaviors from denial to maintaining sobriety and abstinence. The model has a 6th…
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Drug InterventionIs Addiction a Mental Illness or Disease?
February 27, 2025 Is addiction considered a mental illness? Drug addiction and alcoholism are listed as “substance use disorder” in the Diagnostical Statistical Manual, also known as the DSM V, published by the…
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Family Systems
Can an Addict or Alcoholic Truly Love Someone?
January 9, 2025 Many families, friends, spouses, children, and just about anyone who cares about someone with a substance use or mental disorder wonder whether or not the intended patient can love someone….
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An intervention is not about how to control your loved one with a substance use or mental health disorder; it is about learning how to let go of believing you can.
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