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Can Family Reassurance Help in Recovery?

20 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube video by Amber Hollingsworth addressing how family members often seek repeated reassurance that a person in recovery is committed and progressing, and how the individual's desire to avoid discussing the addiction can intensify the family's need for reassurance, creating a tug-of-war dynamic.

In fact, the family members usually need a lot of reassurance and evidence that you are dealing with your addiction and you are really moving forward. But we, we run into the wall because one person's need to stop talking about it move forward really aggravates and enhances the family members need for more reassurance. And you really get yourself in this back and forth, tug of war type of dynamic.