When Your Partner Has an Addiction: How Compassion Can Transform Your Relationship (and Heal You Both in the Process)
Christopher Kennedy Lawford · Beverly Engel
Oct 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Lee Goettl
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We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction—whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors—means that we're enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we're codependent, and that the best thing for both of us is to walk away from the relationship entirely. But is that true?
Together, addiction activist and bestselling author Christopher Kennedy Lawford and psychotherapist Beverly Engel, MFT, take a fresh look at addiction and codependency—the latest research on what causes them and what the two have in common. Rather than treat addiction or codependency as disease or weakness, When Your Partner Has an Addiction honors the trauma and shame that often lie at their source and shows you how to use your love to combat that shame, allowing you to more effectively support your partner and heal yourself.
The research proves that, while you cannot "fix" your partner, you can have a positive impact on their recovery. Whether you suffer from codependency, and whether your partner is already in recovery, When Your Partner Has an Addiction provides you with proven techniques and strategies to drastically improve your relationship and help get your partner the help he needs—without leaving and while taking care of yourself in the process.
Together, addiction activist and bestselling author Christopher Kennedy Lawford and psychotherapist Beverly Engel, MFT, take a fresh look at addiction and codependency—the latest research on what causes them and what the two have in common. Rather than treat addiction or codependency as disease or weakness, When Your Partner Has an Addiction honors the trauma and shame that often lie at their source and shows you how to use your love to combat that shame, allowing you to more effectively support your partner and heal yourself.
The research proves that, while you cannot "fix" your partner, you can have a positive impact on their recovery. Whether you suffer from codependency, and whether your partner is already in recovery, When Your Partner Has an Addiction provides you with proven techniques and strategies to drastically improve your relationship and help get your partner the help he needs—without leaving and while taking care of yourself in the process.
We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction—whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors—means that we're enabling their destructive behavior. That wanting to help them means we're codependent, and that the best thing for both of us is to walk away from t...
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Christopher Kennedy Lawford was born in Santa Monica, California on March 29, 1955. He received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University, a law degree from Boston College Law School, and a master's certification in clinical psychology from Harvard Medical School. He struggled with drug addiction from a young age and wrote several books about his recovery including Symptoms of Withdrawal, Moments of Clarity, and Recover to Live. He became a public health advocate. He was a member of California's Public Health Advisory Committee since 2009 and was named a Goodwill Ambassador on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care by the United Nations in 2011. He also worked as a public advocacy consultant to Caron Treatment Centers, which runs rehabilitation programs. He acted in the late 1980s and had parts in television shows including Frasier and The O.C. and in films including Terminator 3. He died from a heart attack on September 4, 2018 at the age of 63.
Christopher Kennedy Lawford was born in Santa Monica, California on March 29, 1955. He received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University, a law degree from Boston College Law School, and a master's certification in clinical psychology from Harvard Medical School. He struggled with drug addiction...
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