Christian Family Therapy
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Our Family Therapy Program consists of utilizing the Al-Anon Steps in both a private and public setting! This means our Christian therapists will help you overcome your codependency and find an Al-Anon Sponsor.
Call us today at 385-345-4115 and get started! In our Family Therapy Program, you will find the answers you need to questions such as: What is a drug addiction? What are the symptoms of withdrawal? What are some of the Causes of drinking alcohol? What are the causes of drug abuse? And, one of the most common questions is: “Is it my fault?” From the physical symptoms of alcohol abuse (hang-overs, irritability the day after, nausea and shakiness from drinking too much the night before, and mental fogginess just to name a few), to the first signs of alcohol withdrawal (vomiting, tremors, severe anxiety etc.) Al-Anon and us are there for you; to educate and support you in your journey with your loved one. |
In the 12 Steps of Al-anon, the question of “Is it my fault” is exactly addressed. Using nearly the same language as the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, it reminds family members of addicts or alcoholics that they are powerless over alcohol, and they have made mistakes but can move past those mistakes.
The list of 12 Steps walks family members through the same type of rigorous self-examination as the addict or alcoholic. Their reasoning is that addiction is not just a disease of person, but a disease of the family. Everyone plays their part in the addiction.
If you think of a family as a type of dance where everyone knows their steps, it becomes easier to actually visualize co-dependency and how it works. Those steps can either be healthy or unhealthy and co-dependent. The dance works; for good or bad, it works. Everyone has different roles and it is important to the stability of the dance. What we see with alarming regularity, is the addict goes to rehab thereby pulling out of the “dance”, and then upon return home and back into the fold, the other “dancers” pull the addict back into the “dance”, thereby becoming stable again. If the addict is not self-aware enough, they are easily drawn back into the family dysfunction This is not done on a conscious level or out of spite or malice by the family, but instead driven by basic, human nature which strives for stasis, or “things remaining the same”.
If the addict can stay on the periphery of the “dance” and refuses to be drawn in, one of two things will happen. The family will close ranks and despite being in a state of dysfunction, they will adapt and create a new “dance” that does not include the addict. The second thing that could happen is that the family has to stop and look at their relationships, their way of doing things, and their part in not only the whole “dance” but in the addict’s addiction. When this happens, relationships are deepened and strengthened and families become whole again.
The list of 12 Steps walks family members through the same type of rigorous self-examination as the addict or alcoholic. Their reasoning is that addiction is not just a disease of person, but a disease of the family. Everyone plays their part in the addiction.
If you think of a family as a type of dance where everyone knows their steps, it becomes easier to actually visualize co-dependency and how it works. Those steps can either be healthy or unhealthy and co-dependent. The dance works; for good or bad, it works. Everyone has different roles and it is important to the stability of the dance. What we see with alarming regularity, is the addict goes to rehab thereby pulling out of the “dance”, and then upon return home and back into the fold, the other “dancers” pull the addict back into the “dance”, thereby becoming stable again. If the addict is not self-aware enough, they are easily drawn back into the family dysfunction This is not done on a conscious level or out of spite or malice by the family, but instead driven by basic, human nature which strives for stasis, or “things remaining the same”.
If the addict can stay on the periphery of the “dance” and refuses to be drawn in, one of two things will happen. The family will close ranks and despite being in a state of dysfunction, they will adapt and create a new “dance” that does not include the addict. The second thing that could happen is that the family has to stop and look at their relationships, their way of doing things, and their part in not only the whole “dance” but in the addict’s addiction. When this happens, relationships are deepened and strengthened and families become whole again.
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