Dear Annie: I’ve been married to a wonderful man for over 10 years, and during that time, I’ve grown to love his son as my own. My stepson, “Brian,” is now 28 and has struggled with drug addiction for ...

Many years ago, not long after I discovered that my daughter was addicted to heroin, I joined a support group for families of people with substance use disorder. I was desperately looking for ways to ...

No one sets out to be an enabler. Who would want to encourage negative behaviors in others? Yet, many people in my weekly therapy groups report that they unwittingly fall into unhealthy enabling ...