I grew up with addiction, now I have a loved one who is also addicted. How do I address both issues?
It is not uncommon for someone who grew up with addiction in the family to marry someone with an addiction, have a child who develops an addiction, or both. This is another reason for you to work on your own healing and recovery. As an adult child of a mother and...
Why won’t my insurance cover in-patient treatment? I thought the Affordable Care Act made addiction care a requirement for all insurance plans.
The Affordable Care Act does require all insurance policies to offer addiction treatment coverage. But it allows policies to set conditions on treatment if they choose. Some policies require a person to go through outpatient treatment before they will cover in-patient...
My loved one claims they’re smoking marijuana for medical reasons. How do I know if they really need marijuana for their problems?
The short answer is you don’t. However, you can nevertheless take actions in response to how their use is affecting you. There is a lot of controversy around marijuana, especially around potential medical uses of it. But here are some things we do and don’t know about...
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