Betty Ford Center – Serving Patients, Saving Families

Betty Ford Center – Serving Patients, Saving Families – The Betty Ford Center restores hope to individuals and families suffering from addiction through world-class treatment and education. As a non-profit license…

Enabling 101: How Love Becomes Fear and Help Becomes Control

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In its original context, enabling refers to a pattern within the families of people addicted to alcohol and drugs, wherein the family members excuse, justify, ignore, deny, and smooth over the addiction. This notoriously allows the addicted person to …
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Experts say those suffering from addiction face walls blocking treatment

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It was fear keeping Nikki from seeking treatment for a severe addiction to drugs. But it wasn't fear of the intense physical pain brought about by withdrawal, nor the loss of a job or family, as some might think. Rather, the Geauga County resident …
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