The video above includes two of the shortest—but perhaps most effective—lectures you'll find on how addiction impacts the family system:

• The 8-Second Lecture on Chemical Dependency
• The 8-Second Le
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At first I was going call this post "Back To Basics." But I decided to be more direct, so I went with "Understanding Substance Use Disorder." Let me explain...

I've worked in the addiction field for ...

I'd like to take a minute to talk about denial.

More specifically, I'd like to talk about how many problems "denial" causes when it comes to understanding what it means to have a drug or alcohol prob...