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How to confront someone who is in denial about an addiction?

Addictions cause people to behave in ways that they normally wouldn't. Whether it is drug addiction, alcoholism, sex addiction or any other addictive behaviour, it eventually causes harm and distress to family...

10 comments    health life relationships
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Helping a Loved One End a Bad Relationship

Standing by while a loved one endures the problems of a bad relationship is difficult. You may find that you go through a number of different emotions while acting as the support for this other person....

5 comments    health love life
Unhealthy friendship?74

Avoiding a Codependent Friendship

Friendships are important building blocks in our lives, and are necessary for healthy and happy lives. They can, however, quickly turn harmful and hinder us if we allow them to. It is vital to understand the...

0 comments    abuse alcohol abuse dependent
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Conscious Loving - A summary of Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks' book

In this classic relationship book called Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment, Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks give powerful step-by-step relationship advice to transform a relationship from co-denpence to...

0 comments    love family relationships
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Helping Someone Trapped in CoDependency to Break Free

Watching someone you love suffer at someone else's hand is very difficult but watching them stay by her own choice makes it far worse. You can end up angry at one person for causing harm and at the other for...

2 comments    health love family
granite_butterfly profile image74

Can a co-dependent relationship become healthy again? How?

With all of the negatism and chaos existing within co-dependent relationships, it seems that, more often than not, the relationship breaks up. To work towards a healthy or healthier relationship involves an...

0 comments    love life advice
Don't Let go, I hate you.64

Co-Dependency isn't healthy?

Don't Let go, I hate you. We have to change or throw us out. I met him this evening around dusk I have known him for about 13 years We lived together for 8, chaotic and rough I became so dependent I...

11 comments    health love life
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HOW TO KEEP A MAN

HOW TO KEEP A MAN What is he thinking, where is he going, who is he thinking about, why is he acting funny, why does he hide his porn, does he want to sleep with my best friend, will he marry me, does...

1 comment    love advice relationships
Verbal abuse71

When Domestic Abuse Happens to You

What is domestic abuse? In researching this hub I found many different definitions for the difference between domestic abuse and domestic violence. Some feel that domestic abuse is simply a form of domestic...

8 comments    love family hubpages
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families and addiction

I have been sober for going on four years now. I can't believe how sobriety has changed my life and my family's life. I started drinking at the ripe old age of 14. The first time I drank, I blacked out. Now,...

2 comments    health drugs alcohol
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