Addiction, Recovery and Relationships Blog

Diagnosing Addiction: The sooner addiction is detected the more favorable the prognosis.

RelationshipVision — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:51:00 GMT

Diagnosing Addiction by Daniel Linder MA, MFT as featured in September, 2007 issue of Recovery Today. When it comes to treatment, “rule of thumb” is: The sooner addiction is detected the more favorable the prognosis. The goal is always to intervene as...(read more)

"No Intimate Relationships During the First Year of Sobriety!"

RelationshipVision — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:49:00 GMT

"No Intimate Relationships During the First Year of Sobriety!" by Daniel Linder MA, MFT, as featured in March 2007 issue of Recovery Today. Recovering addicts hear this all the time in 12-step programs. However, this sound bit of wisdom is rarely heeded....(read more)

Question regarding "Isn't your Relationship Model of Addiction just a summary for co-dependency?"

RelationshipVision — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:20:00 GMT

From an anonymous author: Isn't your Relationship Model of Addiction just a summary for codependency? A relationship model of addiction seems to put under the microscope the various relationships of subject and source ... subject and subject, for example,...(read more)

Question regarding "Relationship with a Source of Relief?"

RelationshipVision — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:10:00 GMT

from an anonymous author: I appreciate your efforts in writing about this subject, I find it fascinating. You mentioned, "The ‘relief’ that the ‘relationship with a source of relief’ provides is from pain or frustration related to unmet emotional needs."...(read more)

Introducing… The Relationship Model of Addiction

RelationshipVision — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:00:00 GMT

As featured in the June, 2007 issue of Recovery Today In inherent limitation of the medical model is ignoring the fact that ‘pathological dependence’ implies that a relationship, one that is emotional and psychological in nature, has formed with the substance...(read more)