Dating or Waiting: Understanding the Impact of Romantic Relationships on Sobriety

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Rebuilding or building new relationships in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) can be challenging. Relationships with peers can often enhance your life in recovery and help you stay on the path to sober living. When it comes to romantic relationships, however, you may need to think carefully. There is always the risk that managing [...]

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Dangers of Toxic Relationships and Mental Health

How Toxic Relationships Affect Your Mental Health

Mental Health / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Toxic relationships can have a damaging impact on people's emotional and mental health, though these health hazards are often quite hidden. Culture at large has made a movement toward positive things like healthy foods, fitness opportunities, and creating your own dream job. The next step should be to spread awareness and tips on how to

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Common Lies People With Addictions Tell Themselves

Health and Wellness / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Denial among people with substance addiction is common because they often feel the need to hide the depth of their struggles from themselves and their loved ones. Many lies and half-truths they tell themselves are to downplay the harmful effects of substances or minimize the severity of their addiction. If you are supporting a loved

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Why Is Narcissism Toxic in Relationships?

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

More and more people have started noticing and paying attention to a mental condition known as narcissism or narcissistic personality disorder. Unlike depression or compulsive disorders, narcissism is a more complicated package of causes, effects, and symptoms. Some people with narcissistic traits can behave very charmingly or even charismatically in front of the public, but

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Overcoming Toxicity in Relationships

Relationships / Matthew Beck B.A, M.A, LMFT

Substance addiction and toxic relationships are often inter-linked. Some people get into the habit of using drugs and alcohol because of someone close to them, whether they are a romantic partner, a family member or a close friend who uses or drinks. In these instances, two kinds of addictions often co-occur: the addiction to drugs

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a family walking together holding hands at the sidewalk

Breaking Generational Dysfunction

Mental Health / Laguna Shores Staff

Families are places where loving relationships and trust are meant to flourish. However, in reality, destructive patterns abound in families, and some get passed down from one generation to the next. Tragically, dysfunction in one generation can beget dysfunctions in the next. Unfortunately, the human community continues to produce fractured families. However, this does not

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Relationships

Dating or Waiting: Understanding the Impact of Romantic Relationships on Sobriety

How Toxic Relationships Affect Your Mental Health

Common Lies People With Addictions Tell Themselves

Why Is Narcissism Toxic in Relationships?

Overcoming Toxicity in Relationships

Breaking Generational Dysfunction

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