Archive for February, 2009

Is Counseling Good For Addiction?

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

When a person asks for help with some issue in his/her life, a safe answer is to suggest counseling. Trouble with your marriage? Get counseling. Kids acting up? Send them for counseling. Have a flight get cancelled? Try some counseling!There seems to be this assumption that any counseling is good ...

Do You Have a Drinking Problem? – 10 Quick Questions

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Q. When does a social drinker develop into a problem drinker/alcoholic?A. When they cannot stop drinking once they start, no matter what!Ok, so the Q&A above is a little brief and there are many more determining factors which we will look at later in this short piece. However, if you ...

Sexual Addiction – Help For the Sex Addict’s Spouse – Part 5

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Can the spouse of a sex addict find help individually for the effects of the sexual addiction on their lives?Sure.Much of the time, however, it is the crisis of discovery of the acting out, or some other related crisis that brings the sex addict and spouse into treatment.They usually seek ...