Addiction and Codependency Counseling, San Antonio, TX
One of the most common (and complicated) questions related to addiction is: “What causes it?” Historically, our society has often viewed addiction as some moral failing (as I also mentioned in this post. We still see this attitude alive and well in many places today: when we suggest that someone who is deep in their …
It’s with such a heavy heart that I sit down to write out this post, but I’m writing it anyway because the most important thing that we can do with situations and topics like this is to talk about it. Yesterday, our world was rocked by the suicide of yet another well-known face. Suicide, it …
Let me start by saying that addiction is so complex that this post most definitely will not cover all aspects of it. My goal here is to provide a basic understanding of (and to spread some truth about) this disease. I’ll also give you some links to other articles that will provide even more information …
I intended to write a post today outlining some of the basic information about addiction, but I thought it might be more useful to hear from you, first. What are your questions about addiction? I'd love to get some feedback from you about what information would be most helpful in an "Addiction 101" post. Feel …
Most of us, at one point or another, have heard the word "therapy" used in a comical or derisive way. We hear others joke about "My kids are going to be in therapy one day because of me," or see a television/movie character react with either shock or mocking when they discover that another character …
