Category: Addiction recovery and relationships

What you need to know about addiction treatment

It’s scary thinking about entering treatment for the first time. It’s embarrassing — you don’t want people to judge you — you don’t know what to expect — you’re afraid it’ll cost too much — you’re afraid you’ll lose your job. In reality, addiction…

From Addiction to Self Esteem

Nathaniel Branden once described self esteem as the reputation you have with yourself. If you know someone who frequently lies to you, you usually think less of the person. If someone takes something from you by deceit, you don’t trust them. If someone’s always negative, you don’t like…

Symptoms of addiction

One question I often get is how does a person know if they’re addicted, especially in the early stages of addiction. In the beginning, the symptoms of addiction are behavioral and psychological more than physical. When a person begins to drink or do drugs…

Addiction Recovery and Relationships

At NewDay Counseling we counsel clients regarding relationship issues. Addiction recovery and relationships are intertwined in several ways. If the client is married, or if the client lives with parents, or if the client has any long term relationship with a significant other, truth is always a casualty….