Author: Ainsley

Families Overcoming Addiction Chairperson’s Annual Report 2021 – 2022   I am pleased to present this annual report for the 2021 – 2022 year.   Reflections from the past 12 Months: As I wrote the last annual report, I recall thinking we were beginning, along with the rest of our country, to ease back into…

We cannot afford to put our needs on hold, waiting for another person to fulfil us, make our life better or come around and be who or what we want that person to be. That will create resentment, hostility an unhealthy dependancy and a mess to deal with later on. If we have decided we…

Dear Addict,  Thank you for the things you have taught me for which I am now grateful. I have gone from being overwhelmed by it to living with it. In order to achieve this I took back control by accepting full ownership, recognising self-defeating patterns in my thinking, monitoring and halting my negative self-talk, realising…

Overcoming Grief For Someone Still Living Grieving someone alive is not a conventional form of grief that is often talked about, but is a real issue we face when we have a loved one with addiction. How can you grieve for someone that you haven’t lost? If you have experienced this sort of grief, you probably…