Part 2: The Affected (the family)
Mark works with family members of addicts, both currently in treatment and in
various stages of recovery. The curriculum items addressed on this disc include:
- Addiction as a family problem
- Understanding and acknowledging feelings
- Slowing down, listening, and hearing one another
- How the family contributes to the addict's addiction
- How family behavior contributes to relapse
- Unhealthy family boundaries and how they affect communication and recovery
- The problems with "secrets"
- Anger vs. shame
- The importance of openness and vulnerability in recovery
- "Defects" vs "Gifts"
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