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More Enabling Behaviors: The Punishment and Forgiveness Cycle

More Enabling Behaviors: The Punishment and Forgiveness Cycle

Home More Enabling Behaviors: The Punishment and Forgiveness Cycle [wpseo_breadcrumb] Enabling Behaviors occur in painful but predictable cycles such as the Punishment/Forgiveness Cycle outlined below. This cycle is a variation on the Drama Triangle described...
Sponsorship in Recovery

Sponsorship in Recovery

Home Sponsorship in Recovery Sponsorship in Recovery: An important component of the 12-step recovery program is sponsorship. What exactly is a sponsor? What do they do? And how does one go about getting a sponsor? What is Sponsorship in Recovery? Questions? Contact...
Addiction Games of the Inner Child

Addiction Games of the Inner Child

Home Addiction Games of the Inner Child Addiction games are habitual patterns of behavior that feed the three hungers of the Inner Child. If you have ever spent time taking care of a child you know that they can be a handful. There are three basic things a child does...
Searching for Intimacy in Relationships

Searching for Intimacy in Relationships

Searching for Intimacy in Relationships [wpseo_breadcrumb]   Searching for intimacy in relationships is elusive to people who grew up in a dysfunctional family, but not beyond their grasp. Below I’ve used Steve Karpman’s Drama Triangle to diagram the...
Relationship Problems & Structural Analysis

Relationship Problems & Structural Analysis

Relationship Problems & Structural Analysis [wpseo_breadcrumb] Evaluating your part in relationship problems is best done through TA’s Structural Analysis (SA)… problems with a friend, co-worker, spouse, significant other, parents, and siblings can...