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Melody Beattie is a great author to read when you’re having boundaries problems and are letting all sorts of people and their opinions into your core. The following excerpt is from her book, “The Language of Letting Go”: “There’s a good trick that people in dysfunctional relationships use,” said one recovering woman. “The other person…

I was impressed by all the compassion for Britney and others that are caught in the perfect storm of addiction and mental illness on the combox of my post “Britney: Is Addiction More Acceptable Than Mental Illness?” I especially loved this response from Beyond Blue reader Cathy: The hard part for all of us who…

Awhile back, the Washington Post ran an excellent article by Maia Szalavitz on what exactly addiction is, and how we should go about treating the Britneys and Lindsays out there. To get to the article, click here. Below are excerpts: Today’s most widely accepted definition of addiction — used in psychiatry’s latest edition of its…
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