Addiction in Families: Healthy Emotional Detachment
By Cathy Patterson-Sterling – MA, RCC
Cathy Patterson-Sterling, Director of Family Services at Sunshine Coast Health Center, explains the difference between healthy emotional detachment and pretending not to care.
Tags: addiction, cathy patterson-sterling, codependency, emotional detachment, enabling, Family Addiction Help
Sunshine Coast Health Center is a provincially-approved drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility licensed by VCH
November 17th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
In alcoholic families the opposite is often the norm. Although the alcoholic or drug addict is the user, family members themselves are negatively affected by the drink or drug as well. In fact, as many as 1 in every 4 families may suffer emotional pain and serious – even catastrophic – consequences of the alcoholic or drug addict’s use or behavior.
——————–
Sally
massachusetts drug rehab
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:43 am
Hi, This is a decent read, thanks for sharing. Look forward to discovering more of your articles.