Comments on: Addictions are About Relationships http://addictionmanagement.org/2009/04/hello-world/ Solving the problem of addiction Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:41:49 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: zzz http://addictionmanagement.org/2009/04/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-966 zzz Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:11:15 +0000 http://addictionmanagement.org/?p=1#comment-966 I think that one thing that I ask myself in regards to relationships and addiction is what comes first… do people that have a difficult time connecting, building and maintain healthy relationships tend to turn to relationships with objects or do the relationships that one builds with objects and the general societal belief that having a relationship with objects is not appropriate cause the person to turn away from the personal relationships that they had? It is obviously not that simple, but is the first question that comes to mind. I think that one thing that I ask myself in regards to relationships and addiction is what comes first… do people that have a difficult time connecting, building and maintain healthy relationships tend to turn to relationships with objects or do the relationships that one builds with objects and the general societal belief that having a relationship with objects is not appropriate cause the person to turn away from the personal relationships that they had?
It is obviously not that simple, but is the first question that comes to mind.

]]> By: Life Works http://addictionmanagement.org/2009/04/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Life Works Fri, 22 May 2009 14:40:46 +0000 http://addictionmanagement.org/?p=1#comment-38 Thanks for your post. I would like to suggest a website with lots more information about drug and alcohol addictions and treatment. www.lifeworkscommunity.com Also, I would recommend you take a look at the Life Works Community Blog for some great inspiration from the Life Works counsellors. Thanks for your post. I would like to suggest a website with lots more information about drug and alcohol addictions and treatment.
http://www.lifeworkscommunity.com

Also, I would recommend you take a look at the Life Works Community Blog for some great inspiration from the Life Works counsellors.

]]> By: admin http://addictionmanagement.org/2009/04/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-24 admin Thu, 07 May 2009 13:02:33 +0000 http://addictionmanagement.org/?p=1#comment-24 The degree of awareness people have about their own behavior, including interactions with others, is highly variable. The ability to see patterns and relationships in behavior - particularly our own - is largely a function of development capacities which are constricted for most who struggle with addiction. How do we go about catching them up? We utilize developmentally-based psychotherapies aimed specifically at the constrictions. For more information I suggest reading the following chapters by Stanley Greenspan: http://addictionmanagement.org/greenspan.pdf The degree of awareness people have about their own behavior, including interactions with others, is highly variable. The ability to see patterns and relationships in behavior – particularly our own – is largely a function of development capacities which are constricted for most who struggle with addiction. How do we go about catching them up? We utilize developmentally-based psychotherapies aimed specifically at the constrictions. For more information I suggest reading the following chapters by Stanley Greenspan: http://addictionmanagement.org/greenspan.pdf

]]> By: Jessica Pierce http://addictionmanagement.org/2009/04/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jessica Pierce Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:42:22 +0000 http://addictionmanagement.org/?p=1#comment-12 Do the people struggling with addictions recognize that they also struggle with their personal relationships? Or realize that they are child-like in their interactions? How do you go about "catching them up?" Do the people struggling with addictions recognize that they also struggle with their personal relationships? Or realize that they are child-like in their interactions? How do you go about “catching them up?”

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