Codependency In Young Adults

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Ashley Valley Wilderness offers a much more effective alternative to traditional drug and and alcohol treatment centers. Young adults are placed in a positive outdoor wilderness setting with peers that are also going through the same process of overcoming drug and alcohol addiction. Students support one another by working through their issues daily and participating in physical activities such as hiking, learning specific outdoor wilderness skills, and participating in a daily support group which is often led by staff and students. Students are not bound to an indoor setting, as in most traditional treatment centers, and do not therapize all day long about their drug and alcohol addiction. Young adults take a active and positive approach as…show more content…
* Tendency to cross addict Using other substances particularly when trying to control drug of choice. * Continuing use Despite progressively damaging consequences and repeated serious concerns of others.If three or more of these characteristics are in evidence, there is likely to be an addiction problem. | Codependency What is codependency? | In many respects codependency can be regarded as part of being human. Whether or not we grow up in an obviously dysfunctional family, most of us are exposed to some powerful, sometimes gross and sometimes subtle formative experiences wherein we feel that there is something about ourselves which is not okay. We react, by making a usually unconscious decision to compensate for, control, or avoid aspects of both our inner and outer worlds. Thus our codependent false self is born and our real self goes into hiding. An example of compensation would be “I’ll show them what I’m capable of so that they never doubt my worth again;” and so relationships with people, work, and/or studies become compulsive and competitive. An example of an attempt to control would be making myself so powerful and so needed in a relationship, that my partner would have great…show more content…
The more specific, realistic, and clear your goals, the better. Example #1: My drinking goal | * I will stop drinking alcohol. * My quit date is __________. | Example #2: My drinking goal | * I will stop drinking on weekdays, starting as of __________. * I will limit my Saturday and Sunday drinking to no more than 3 drinks per day or 5 drinks per weekend. * After three months, I will cut back my weekend drinking even more to a maximum of 2 drinks per day and 3 drinks per weekend. | * Do you want to stop drinking altogether or just cut back? If your goal is to reduce your drinking, decide which days you will drink alcohol and how many drinks you will allow yourself per day. Try to commit to at least two days each week when you won’t drink at all. * When do you want to stop drinking or start drinking less? Tomorrow? In a week? Next month? Within six months? If you’re trying to stop drinking, set a specific quit date. After you’ve set your goals to either stop or cut back your drinking, write down some ideas on how you can help yourself accomplish these goals. For

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