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Let's face it, many of us, myself included, would rather "eat" our strong emotions than deal with them.  Eating grounds you, makes you feel full with a happy and false sense of love.  Unfortunately, stress eating only stuffs or delays our abilities to respond constructively to the issues that are causing stress in the first place.

Signs You Might be Stress Eating

April 13, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds, it seems to just creep up on me.  I think I have lost 100 lbs.  The same 10 lbs over and over for the last 10 years. Are You A Stress Eater? Do you find yourself hunting in the cabinets for food when others around you are angry or…

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Learning how to manage stress can help alleviate symptoms, prevent illness and addiction.  Self-care in families in recovery is not selfish; it is self-preserving.

Feeling Stressed About the Addict in Your Family?

March 30, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Al-Anon describes alcoholism as a family disease.  In fact, each alcoholic is said to affect five other people.  Most of the time these are family members. Our lives are so busy, sometimes it can feel hard to breathe. Add a person(s) recovering from addiction in the mix and we feel like we are drowning. Reverse…

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