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Candace Plattor, M.A.Registered Clinical Counsellor
Candace Plattor, M.A.
Registered Clinical Counsellor
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

codependency

June 3, 2022 by Candace Plattor

Yet Another Addiction Strategy from the BC Government: Is This the Best You’ve Got?

I am a proud Canadian and an even prouder Vancouverite. But when I heard that our government was going to “help” drug addicts by making possession of a small amount of opiates and other street drugs legal – ostensibly so that addicts would use together instead of in isolation and somehow, someway, protect each other from overdosing – I felt absolutely enraged. My immediate question for them was “Is this the best you’ve got?” THIS is their solution to the toxic drug overdose epidemic we’ve been … [Read more...] about Yet Another Addiction Strategy from the BC Government: Is This the Best You’ve Got?

Filed Under: Recovery from addiction Tagged With: Addiction, Addiction and Codependency, Addiction in the family, Addiction recovery, codependency, Helping vs. Enabling, Recovery from addiction

December 28, 2021 by Candace Plattor

Recovery from Codependency: Self-Awareness Is the Key

Here we all are, drawing closer to leaving 2021 behind and beginning a new year. These past 12 months have been momentous in so many ways – and I know that you don’t need me to go into much detail about that. For some of us, this year that’s ending has included much loss and grieving – of people we loved, of businesses and jobs that evaporated because of Covid-19 and other factors. For other people, there were opportunities for growth and well-being – with all kinds of shades of grey in between … [Read more...] about Recovery from Codependency: Self-Awareness Is the Key

Filed Under: Codependency Tagged With: Addiction, Addiction and Codependency, Addiction in the family, Addiction recovery, codependency

February 24, 2016 by Candace Plattor

Addiction and Codependency: The Top 10 Reasons to Stop Enabling the Addict You Love, Part 1

We all know that addiction is rampant—it’s a horrific problem for far too many people, all over the world. And even though ‘addiction’ can take many forms, from mind-altering substances to mood-altering behaviours, one thing is for sure: Most everyone on the planet today is either affected by addiction—their own or somebody else’s—or they know someone who is.These days, I work primarily with the loved ones of addicts because that is where the changes need to happen first—or at the very least, in … [Read more...] about Addiction and Codependency: The Top 10 Reasons to Stop Enabling the Addict You Love, Part 1

Filed Under: Addiction and Codependency Tagged With: Addiction, Addiction and Codependency, Addiction in the family, codependency, enabling, Helping vs. Enabling, loving an addict, Setting boundaries with addicted loved ones

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