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    • Posted on November 29, 2012 at 9:57 am by Sparrow

    Co-dependent Defence Behaviours
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    Psychological and emotional defence mechanisms are used by all human beings and may be necessary for survival in some situations. However, people from dysfunctional families (co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics for example) may have developed defence behaviours that are increasingly dysfunctional. When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long …∞

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    Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:47 pm by Sparrow

    How Co-Dependency Is Often Experienced
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    What Is Co-dependency? Co-dependent people usually have a state of mind that has a common set of attitudes or psychological approaches to how they relate to their partners. This seems to be true of co-dependents of alcoholics, addicts, compulsive gamblers, dysfunctional people and dysfunctional families. My good feelings about who I am stem from being …∞

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    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:45 pm by Sparrow

    4 Don’ts of ACOAs
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    Growing up in an alcoholic family “Sometimes I feel like I was raised by wolves,” sighed James, a 55-year-old man who grew up in a home with two alcoholic parents. “I’ve gone through so much of my life guessing at what ‘normal’ is. It’s like trying to find your way through a dark woods without …∞

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    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:17 pm by Sparrow and modified on February 3, 2012 at 12:39 am.

    Awakening Your Sexuality
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     Awakening Your Sexuality: A Guide for Recovering Women With candor and compassion, Stephanie Covington reminds us that recovery is about living life fully and completely and sexual recovery is integral to the fullness of your life. With comprehensive scope and individual focus, she addresses the following questions: How is women’s sexuality shaped by a male-based …∞

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    Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:13 am by Sparrow and modified on February 27, 2012 at 12:16 pm.

    Boundaries in Dysfunctional Families
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    In dysfunctional families, parents violate the boundaries of their children. Parents from these families; do not respect their children’s personal freedom and privacy, they discount their children’s feelings, do not honor their attempts at independent thinking and decision-making, and do not allow them to experience their impulses toward creativity, spirituality and self actualization. These deficits …∞

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    Posted on April 21, 2011 at 2:28 pm by Sparrow and modified on April 21, 2011 at 2:12 pm.

    Secrets of Dysfunctional Families
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    Adult Children A recovery book for people outside alcoholic or addictive families. It is estimated that millions of people have grown up in alcoholic homes. But what about the rest of us? What about families that had no alcoholism, but did have perfectionism, workaholism, compulsive overeating, intimacy problems, depression, problems in expressing feelings, plus all …∞

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