Positive Communication
When you use a descriptive and not accusatory statement.
"I" statement.
When you prioritize other's needs over your own.
Codependency
This person often retreats into themselves or an interest to avoid conflict.
The Lost Child
When you help, encourage or tolerate another's addiction
Enabling
This is an uncontrollable urge to use
Craving
When you try to place the blame off yourself and onto another person.
Defensiveness
This 12-Step Meeting helps people establish healthy boundaries.
CODA
This person is usually the one to clean up family messes.
The Chief Enabler
These are the dysfunctional family rules
Don't talk, don't trust, don't feel
This drug spikes dopamine 1200%
Methamphetamine
When you block someone from communication.
Stonewalling
This type of boundary lets people violate your values.
Porous Boundary
This person rebels or react with dangerous or self-harming behaviors.
The Scapegoat
The three C's
Didn't Cause addition.
Can't Control addiction.
Can't Cure addiction.
This is a symptom from quitting use that ranges from minor discomfort to life-threatening dehydration or seizures.
Withdrawal
When you attack someone's character
Criticism
This type of boundary keeps people out.
Rigid Boundary
This person is an overachiever and struggles with feelings of inadequacy.
The Hero
When you set time aside to do something healthy or soothing.
Self-care.
The neurotransmitter associated with Pleasure
Dopamine
When you take a stance of moral superiority in a hurtful way.
Contempt
When you reduce self-accountability by involving a 3rd party
Triangulation
This person's behavior is usually the main topic of conversation.
The victim/addict
A 12-Step Meeting that helps other family members find a support system in dealing with their loved one's addiction.
Al-Anon
This area of the brain controls decision-making and is suppressed in active addiction.
Pre-frontal cortex