Donna's Blog: Support for Families with Loved Ones in Addiction
How Emotional Immaturity Hurts Families
Lessons from families impacted by addiction, and life in generalby Donna Marston “Emotional maturity isn’t just a nice idea, it’s the difference between connection and chaos in our families. How...
How Emotional Immaturity Hurts Families
Lessons from families impacted by addiction, and life in generalby Donna Marston “Emotional maturity isn’t just a nice idea, it’s the difference between connection and chaos in our families. How...
Addiction Masks the Missing Pieces
Behind every addiction is an untended woundBy Donna Marston Everywhere I look today, I see anger. It’s in the news, on social media, in families, and out on the street....
Addiction Masks the Missing Pieces
Behind every addiction is an untended woundBy Donna Marston Everywhere I look today, I see anger. It’s in the news, on social media, in families, and out on the street....
Stop Spinning on Your Addicted Loved One’s Hams...
How letting go of control turns survival into strengthby: Donna Marston “Some parents live in a storm they didn’t create, running tirelessly in a hamster wheel of their teen or...
Stop Spinning on Your Addicted Loved One’s Hams...
How letting go of control turns survival into strengthby: Donna Marston “Some parents live in a storm they didn’t create, running tirelessly in a hamster wheel of their teen or...
The Walk of Shame That Still Echoes
How One Little Girl’s Walk Shaped a Lifetime of HealingBy: Donna MarstonWhen I was nine years old, I stayed back in 3rd grade. At that age, it felt like the...
The Walk of Shame That Still Echoes
How One Little Girl’s Walk Shaped a Lifetime of HealingBy: Donna MarstonWhen I was nine years old, I stayed back in 3rd grade. At that age, it felt like the...
When Distance Protects Recovery
Understanding Adult Children in AddictionBy Donna Marston As a parent, it can feel devastating when your adult child pulls away. “They won’t talk to me,” “I can’t see my grandchildren,”...
When Distance Protects Recovery
Understanding Adult Children in AddictionBy Donna Marston As a parent, it can feel devastating when your adult child pulls away. “They won’t talk to me,” “I can’t see my grandchildren,”...
The Unpredictable Home
Living with Someone in Active AddictionBy Donna Marston A home should be a place of comfort, safety, and predictability. When a loved one is in active addiction, that sense of...
The Unpredictable Home
Living with Someone in Active AddictionBy Donna Marston A home should be a place of comfort, safety, and predictability. When a loved one is in active addiction, that sense of...