Loosening Our Grip: The Karpman Drama Triangle

Loosening Our Grip: The Karpman Drama Triangle

        “It’s like standing at the edge of a cliff, and they keep jumping off the cliff, and I keep pulling them up. No matter how many times I pull them back up or beg them not to jump, they just keep jumping. I know I need to let go of the rope,...
A Caring Approach: How Parents Can Help

A Caring Approach: How Parents Can Help

        Last month, we discussed the fact that parents and loved ones can unintentionally create a barrier to healing because stigma can be so prevalent in the addiction world. Stigma, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, is...
Accepting Help is Still Very Possible

Accepting Help is Still Very Possible

Feeling helpless and hopeless in trying to save loved ones who believe they do not need help is one of the most disheartening aspects of the disease that families endure in dealing with mental health/addiction. As the growing number of individuals struggling with...
California Sober

California Sober

There are some concepts in the field of addiction and recovery that have become outdated with time.  For example, the consensus decades ago was that the only true path to recovery from addiction were 12-Step fellowships (like Alcoholics Anonymous).  We now know that...