Steps towards sobriety
When it comes to Addiction, nothing is simple. It can affect your family, friends, loved ones, school, career and several other areas of your life — it's overwhelming to say the absolute least. And when it shows up inside a relationship, it doesn't just affect the person struggling with it — it affects both of you. The good news is that treatment doesn't need to be so complicated; that's what I'm here for. Whether this is your first attempt towards sobriety or not, I'm here to guide, support, and teach you and your partner how to get there — together.
What does addiction look like?
Addiction looks like a disease; like diabetes or cancer. While researchers and medical professionals are still unsure whether addiction should be classified as a disease, it seems to operate like one.
Like diabetes, there is no magic pill or vaccine to cure it, only ways to manage it. Like cancer, treating addiction early is best to prevent worse outcomes. And finally, like either of the diseases mentioned already, anyone can be affected. Addiction does not discriminate between race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, economic status or even astrological sign. Addiction can affect anyone — including the relationship around it.
Addiction is not a choice but Recovery is
Because of that, I want to make sure you get exactly the help you need. Addiction affects everyone around it, and in order to fight back I will work with the individual, the couple, and/or the loved one(s) being affected by Addiction. During counseling, I'll work with you to identify the patterns and life experiences that perpetuate your addiction cycle — within and outside of your relationships — and together we will create new strategies that allow you to live the healthy and sober life you want, as an individual and as a couple.
A Couple of Questions I Hear Often
Do you work with just the person struggling with addiction, or with couples together?
Both, depending on what will help most at each stage — sometimes that's individual sessions, sometimes it's the two of you together.
What if my partner isn't ready to admit there's a problem yet?
That's more common than you'd think, and it's worth talking through even before they are — reach out and we can figure out what a first step looks like.
