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› Addiction & Codependency
Addiction & Codependency
Having been raised in a family with rampant addiction issues, I feel uniquely qualified to work with people with issues of addiction and codependency. I have a great deal of experience in this area including having been the director of outpatient services at a treatment center for co-occurring disorders (meaning the co-occurrence of addiction with another mental health disorder). I’ve worked in a prison where I taught classes on addiction and relapse prevention and with people on probation for substance use offenses.
Personally, I am in recovery from my own codependency and spent a few years attending Alanon meetings as a young adult. My opinion of 12 Step groups is that they are enormously helpful for some people and not at all for others…everyone has to find what works for them.
My goals are to help people figure out what works for them, help reduce the obstacles that threaten recovery, help people strengthen their desire and commitment to recreate their lives, and guide them in that creative endeavor.
Addiction leaves holes in one’s life…I work with people to fill them back up. Spirituality can be an important part of this work, but if the idea of God or a higher power isn’t for you, we can leave that part out. Finally, I feel qualified to work with many types of addictions, including drugs and alcohol, shopping, eating, and sexual addiction.
Having been raised in a family with rampant addiction issues, I feel uniquely qualified to work with people with issues of addiction and codependency. I have a great deal of experience in this area including having been the director of outpatient services at a treatment center for co-occurring disorders (meaning the co-occurrence of addiction with another mental health disorder). I’ve worked in a prison where I taught classes on addiction and relapse prevention and with people on probation for substance use offenses.
Personally, I am in recovery from my own codependency and spent a few years attending Alanon meetings as a young adult. My opinion of 12 Step groups is that they are enormously helpful for some people and not at all for others…everyone has to find what works for them.
My goals are to help people figure out what works for them, help reduce the obstacles that threaten recovery, help people strengthen their desire and commitment to recreate their lives, and guide them in that creative endeavor.
Addiction leaves holes in one’s life…I work with people to fill them back up. Spirituality can be an important part of this work, but if the idea of God or a higher power isn’t for you, we can leave that part out. Finally, I feel qualified to work with many types of addictions, including drugs and alcohol, shopping, eating, and sexual addiction.
Autobiography in Five Chapters
1. I walk down the street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to get out.
2. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe
I’m in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a
long time to get out.
3. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in…it’s a habit.
My eyes are open;
I know where I am;
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
4. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
5. I walk down
another street.
Portia Nelson
1. I walk down the street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to get out.
2. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe
I’m in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a
long time to get out.
3. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep
hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in…it’s a habit.
My eyes are open;
I know where I am;
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
4. I walk down
the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
5. I walk down
another street.
Portia Nelson
