Radio Show: Top 5 Challenges Threatening Romance within Recovering Couples
If you are a couple in a 12 Step recovery program and have faced any one of the top 5 challenges that can threaten the romance of recovering couples we encourage you to listen to John and Elaine Leadem as they speak about how they have been able to use the struggles they faced within [...]
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A 4th Step: One of Its Many Benefits
The Big Book figuratively describes the importance of conducting a moral inventory when it compares the 4th Step process to a business owner taking inventory of the value of salable merchandise when referring to, “A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. Taking a commercial inventory is a fact-finding and fact-facing process…. If [...]
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Understanding the Importance of Arousal Templates
The way people express their sexuality seems to be as varied and diverse as the cultures that exist throughout the world. What may be sexually arousing to one may not be arousing to another. Each of us has an arousal template that dictates what we will find arousing to us. Moreover, it appears that for [...]
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Relapse: Is it a Predictable Aspect of Recovery or Preventable Syndrome
We believe that a relapse into active addiction is a preventable syndrome and not a predictable aspect of recovery. Proponents of the position that relapse is a common phenomenon in the recovery process from addiction would have you believe that relapses are expected and that most people recovering from an addictive illness will “fall short” [...]
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LCCS Announces the Opening of Several New Therapy Groups
1. Emotional Sobriety for Men The first of the new groups to be introduced is the Men’s Group under the name: Emotional Sobriety for Men. The group is being opened to men in recovery from an addictive disorder whose concerns or focus in recovery is the practice of the principles of recovery in all their relationships and [...]
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Counting Our Blessings
There are a great many challenges to the security of a romantic relationship. The fears of our past life experiences may threaten the safety that we currently feel with each other without either partner being aware of the exact origin of the feelings of mistrust. The demands that are placed on our available time sometimes [...]
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Client Forms Are Now Available Online
We have added all of the forms we need on the first session to the library page. We know that it is difficult many times to get to the initial appointment early to complete the paperwork so we hope you will find this to be useful. If you choose, you can still opt to complete the [...]
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No Longer In Love? – Perhaps You Need To Get IN
IN© Love If you are wondering what happened to the magic in your romance or marriage, there is still hope! Your sense of loss suggests that you once had a partner that you were excited with and a relationship that held the promise of a strong future together. It is likely that your relationship began with [...]
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Being of Service to Our Children
Your first glance at this topic may have resulted in you thinking, “this isn’t for me…I do not have any children.” Before deciding this is not for you, take a look at the various relationships you are in and identify the “children” that are part of your life today. This topic is not exclusive to [...]
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Relapse is Preventable
A relapse into active alcoholism or sex addiction, or any other addictive disorder, is a preventable syndrome and not a predictable aspect of recovery. A particular path that one follows to relapse may have highly individualized trigger points and each person’s life can introduce seemingly unique challenges. However, the path to [...]
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