Relapse After Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)Borderline PersonalityBy PromisesApril 12, 2013It took 50 years for my mother to finally admit that she had a mental health issue – longer still for her to accept out loud that she fit all nine of the criteria for borderline personality disorder. Now that she has, I feel emotionally validated by her for the first time, and because she… Details
How To Stop Enabling Your Addicted SpouseFamily ResourcesBy PromisesApril 10, 2013Acknowledge your role as an enabler. Staying on the path you are on now will only perpetuate the problem and reduce the likeliness that your loved one will ever get the help he or she needs. Find help. Living with an addicted spouse causes tremendous stress. You may be dealing with a loved one who… Details
Are You Counter-Dependent?Mental HealthBy PromisesApril 9, 2013So much is known and widely discussed when it comes to co-dependency in popular culture, but very little light gets shed on its evil twin, counter-dependency. While co-dependents are weak, needy, and clingy, centering their behavior on what others do, think, and want, counter-dependents are on the flipside of this. Counter-dependency is when someone projects… Details
Top 10 Myths about Drug and Alcohol TreatmentAlcohol AbuseBy PromisesApril 8, 2013For alcoholics, drug addicts, and their families, treatment and rehabilitation offer the hope of redemption and healing. But substance abusers and the people who love them are often unsure what exactly to expect from treatment, and their tentative sense of optimism is often tempered by uncertainty and trepidation. Complicating things further, misconceptions about the rehabilitation… Details
The Effects of Substance Abuse on EmploymentDrug Addiction InfoBy PromisesApril 7, 2013In a tight economy, it is worth examining what makes a person more, or less, employable. The question of how alcohol and drug use impact a person’s job has been looked at from several directions. But each study comes up with the same conclusion – that there is a definite link between a person’s use… Details
7 Signs You’re Enabling Your Addicted SpouseFamily ResourcesBy PromisesApril 3, 2013If you suspect or know that your spouse is struggling with drug addiction or alcoholism, you may be at a loss as to how to help him or her. What can you do? How do you confront the issue? The answers don’t come easily; after all, it’s not as though you were taught in school… Details
Recovery Balancing Act: Maintaining An Even Keel Between Work And LifeRecoveryBy PromisesApril 2, 2013If it seems as though many days are a tough struggle just to get through, and you’re in early recovery, the good news is that you are not alone. Many other newcomers to sobriety are feeling the same. But that doesn’t help you much when you have to figure out a way to not only… Details
The Impact of Stress on Alcoholism RecoveryAlcohol AbuseBy PromisesMarch 29, 2013Essentially all adults in the modern world are intimately familiar with stress, a reaction in the mind and body that produces effects such as increases in normal blood pressure and heart rate, as well as an increased susceptibility to the distorting influence of anxiety and fear. For several reasons, alcoholics typically have unusually elevated stress… Details
Sizzurp and SeizuresOther AddictionsBy PromisesMarch 28, 2013Sizzurp, also commonly known as purple drank, is an addictive recreational drug concoction typically made with a prescription-strength cough syrup that contains the antihistamine promethazine and the opioid narcotic codeine. The concoction initially saw limited use in the hip-hop music community, and has since gained significant popularity among some fans of this music and in… Details
Agnostics Can March to Their Own 12 StepsTherapiesBy PromisesMarch 27, 2013 “…God seems to have a kind of laid-back management style I’m not crazy about.” – David Foster Wallace, from “Infinite Jest” The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released survey results in late 2012 that caused a stir. The results indicated continued growth in the number of Americans who mark “none” on surveys asking… Details
