Individuals become addicted in one of two ways. First, being born with the DRD2 gene where any use immediately starts the cascade of addiction. The second way into addiction is using drugs or alcohol as a primary strategy to adapt
Historically, professionals have interpreted a family’s response to addiction in terms of personal psychopathology, rather than normal adaptation to the chaos of addiction in the family. Families have learned to be apprehensive of professional services. Families feel responsible, keep secrets,
You’ve probably heard the saying, “A frog will leap from a pan of hot water, but if the water is brought to a slow boil, the frog will remain until its demise.” Thinking about a frog “slowly boiling to death”