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How Relationships Heal Emotional Pain: Try A Twelve Step Meeting

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Acoas, Addiction & Recovery, Emotion, Mental Health, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Wellness, Relationships, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Why do people feel better after attending a twelve step meeting? Why do twelve step meetings work so well for healing emotional pain and establishing...

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Laughter Yoga? Can We Laugh Our Way To Fitness?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Acoas, Psychology, Addiction & Recovery, Laughter, Humor, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Humor has a way of sliding through the cracks, of reminding us that whatever is going on just isn't that important. It keeps things in perspective, provides relief, gets us to see things in new lights and yes, has tons of health benefits.

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Why Do Some ACOAs Thrive in Spite of the Odds?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Acoas, Addiction, Mental Health, Codependency, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Dealing with the sorts of challenges that living with addiction inevitably poses can challenge kids, to say nothing of leaders of the free world, to develop unusual talents and strengths.

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Adult Children of Alcoholics ACoAs: Qualities and Traits

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Acoas, Addiction & Recovery, Codependency, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

It has long been clear to me that being an ACoA needs aggressive and long term treatment. Ignoring the damage only allows it to leak out in intimate relationships.

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Diane Schuler: The Sad Legacy of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Acoas, Drug Addiction, Ddriving Drunk, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Codependency, Addiction & Recovery, New York News
Dr. Tian Dayton

The sad truth is that children who live with addicted parents get in the car with drunk moms and dads every day, just as Diane Schuler's children and nieces did the day they were killed.

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Narcissism In A Bottle: The Self-Centeredness Of Addiction

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 09.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Addiction, Acoas, Narcissism, Children of Addicts, Codependency, Home News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Both the narcissist and the addict are first and foremost self absorbed. They come first.

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Codependency Pt 2: An Incomplete Sense of Self

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Acoas, Psychology, Codependency, Acoa, Codependence, Raising Children, Personal-Boundaries, Behavioral Psychology, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

When the attachment with a parent is fraught with fear, the child can become overly preoccupied with getting it right for the parent rather than for themselves.

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Embracing Uncertainty

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Acoas, Addiction, Financial Crisis, Financial, Emotional Sobreity, Economy, Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Real contentment has much more to do with what's going on inside ourselves rather than outside. If this is a period when we have to live more simply, it may also be a period in which we can rediscover the joys in simple pleasures.

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