Now if someone praises me, I thank them. I hug them and I hug myself. I say clearly and often that I love myself. I ...

Catholics in Recovery provides assistance in healing from addictions, compulsions and unhealthy attachments including ...

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What does a “codependent relationship” actually look like? The term gets thrown around a lot. Many people picture a relationship defined by addiction or severe dysfunction. The reality, however, is ...

At a university with a strong drinking culture, some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are creating an alternative community with Badger Recovery programming. UW-Madison’s Badger Recovery ...

It’s a fairly well-known truth that relationships are never meant to be easy. Maintaining a long-term relationship by keeping it alive and healthy over decades of change requires effort, labor and the ...

Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. Victims' attachment to perpetrators has often been mischaracterized as a symptom of a victim’s dysfunction—something rooted in codependency, ...

Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, "All the Way to the River," chronicles her relationship with her best friend and partner, Rayya. The book explores themes of addiction, love, loss, and spirituality as the ...

The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked by addiction and... Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and ...