Author: lynne cameron

Families Overcoming Addiction Chair Persons Annual Report 2020-2021 I’m pleased to present this, our third annual report for Families Overcoming Addiction. Reflection on this past 12 months: The 2020 – 2021 year has been a worldwide challenge for many – including organisations such as ours, as Covid-19 resulted in lockdowns and service delivery restrictions as…

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…