Brooke Allen, Author at Family-Centered Services

Virtual Family Support Group Recap for September 10th: Adapting to the recovery lifestyle & journaling

Posted on September 14, 2025

🧩 When Addiction Reshapes Relationships: Understanding the Impact Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum—it reshapes […]

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From Surviving to Thriving: Life Beyond Substance Use

Posted on September 8, 2025

In the early days of recovery, it can feel like every day is a battle […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for September 3rd, 2025: Identifying and breaking patterns

Posted on September 7, 2025

🧠 Pattern Identification When addiction enters a family system, it doesn’t just affect the individual—it […]

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🤝 Sober Socializing: A Guide to Navigating Parties, Events, and Friendships

Posted on September 1, 2025

Learning how to socialize when you’re new to recovery—or even years into it—can feel scary […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for August 27th, 2025: Reacting vs responding

Posted on August 31, 2025

💬 Responding vs. Reacting Navigating a loved one’s substance use disorder (SUD) is incredibly challenging. […]

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🧭The Ultimate Resource Guide: Hotlines, Support Groups, and Treatment Centers for Addiction

Posted on August 24, 2025

Navigating the challenges of substance use disorders and addiction can feel overwhelming, both for individuals […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for 8/20/2025: Generational trauma

Posted on August 24, 2025

🧬 What Is Generational Trauma? Generational trauma—also called intergenerational or transgenerational trauma—is the transmission of […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for August 13th, 2025: Active listening

Posted on August 17, 2025

🎧 Active Listening in Families Active listening is a relational skill that fosters emotional safety, […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for August 6th, 2025: Boundaries for self-growth

Posted on August 17, 2025

🌿 Reclaiming Balance: Why Boundaries Matter in Family Recovery When a loved one struggles with […]

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Why Language Matters: Talking About Recovery with Compassion and Clarity

Posted on August 10, 2025

Language is how we connect — and sometimes, how we disconnect. It reflects how we […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for July 30th, 2025: Letting go

Posted on August 9, 2025

🧠 Understanding Letting Go Letting go is not abandonment—it’s an act of love, courage, and […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for July 23rd: Detachment and enmeshment

Posted on July 27, 2025

🌿 Detachment as a Compassionate Boundary Practice in Family Recovery When our loved ones struggle […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for July 9th, 2025: Powerlessness and unmanagability

Posted on July 13, 2025

🔍 Understanding Powerlessness in Family Recovery Powerlessness is often the first emotional threshold families cross […]

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What Happens After the Intervention? A Family’s Guide to Sustainable Healing

Posted on July 7, 2025

When a family reaches the emotional tipping point that leads to an intervention, it often […]

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Virtual Family Support Group Recap for July 2nd, 2025: Enabling vs helping and detaching with love

Posted on July 5, 2025

💡 Understanding the Core Distinction of Enabling vs Helping HELPING ENABLING Responds to a real […]

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