One of the hardest parts of parenting through addiction is imaging how “normal” everyone else’s family’s life looks – thanks to social media. I see…

Sometimes it seems like that’s all I can do….just keep breathing. When I don’t know what’s going on with my son because he has stopped…

In life, I’m not a particularly controlling person. I don’t tend to believe that there is only one way to do things, but somehow, with…

It’s true that my daughter’s years of using also included years of lying, deception and trying to make me think I was going crazy. She…

It is true that my son can choose to be actively engaged in treatment while, behind that smokescreen, he’s still engaged in all the same…

We finally did it. We got away for a weekend. Just the two of us. It is hard to describe how big an accomplishment that…

In our parent support group, we were taught about the concentric circles of the people in our lives who asked questions and expressed interest in…

I don’t like to visit with other passengers when I travel. Although I am quite extroverted, there is something about air travel that brings out…

Conventional wisdom is a tricky thing. We know it’s conventional because, at least at some point, it proved to be true for lots of people…

I remember the first time a counselor suggested that I go to Al-Anon or another parent support group in our community. I was so insulted…