From the monthly archives:

September 2007

Trust and the Healthy Family

by Dr. Neill Neill

Difficulty trusting yourself and others can create havoc in relationships. It may lead to an inability to commit, fear of intimacy or promiscuity. Major trust issues can evolve into suspiciousness, jealousy, stalking, spousal assault and even murder.

The origins of inability to trust are usually found in childhood. Children who have been sexually abused, betrayed, abandoned or put in danger often have big trust issues as adults.

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Alcoholism Test for the Alcoholic Marriage

by Dr. Neill Neill

Dr. Neill Neill   Is Your Marriage Partner a Functioning Alcoholic? There are many tests for alcoholism on the internet, so why do we need another one? The simple answer is that most of them aren’t very practical. Most of the tests for alcoholism are "self-tests" and are therefore aimed at someone who is wondering, [...]

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Take a Page from Positive Psychology and Extend Summer into Winter

by Dr. Neill Neill

Dr. Neill Neill describes an easy-to-use practical process to extend the good feelings you get on a ‘sunny’ day to every other day, even if it is raining and the people around you are complaining.

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Your Alcoholism Recovery Toolkit – Make Sure it Includes these 7 Relapse-Prevention Tools

by Dr. Neill Neill

Dr. Neill Neill I am delighted to see my friend Bill Urell’s latest post on addiction recovery, "7 Great Tips To Help You In Early Drug Addiction Recovery." It would be good to reread Bill’s article right away any time you notice yourself with any of what I call "The Big  Four Relapse Warning Signs." [...]

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Your Alcoholism Recovery Toolkit – Make Sure it Includes these 7 Relapse-Prevention Tools

by Dr. Neill Neill

Dr. Neill Neill recommends an excellent short article by Bill Urell on addiction recovery.

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