Category Archives: Substance Abuse
Understanding and Breaking Your Addiction to a Person
Delusional Grandiosity and Narcissism
These days we have all kinds of ways to explain people’s dysfunction. And while there are indeed times when a perfectly healthy person’s biochemistry suddenly and for no apparent reason goes kaflooey, and cases where unpredictable tragedy so traumatizes that it temporarily impairs even the most well-adjusted person, more often, a person’s character not only predisposes the problems they experience in life but also exacerbates those problems when they occur.
When Narcissistic Grandiosity Crosses the Line
Abuse Victims Try Too Hard to Understand
Narcissists Can’t Recognize a Higher Power

Testing Resolve Strengthens Character

Self-Control in the Age of Addiction
Not all undisciplined behavior represents a genuine addiction. And while there are some rare exceptions, most true addictions don’t just develop overnight. There’s a typical pathway to getting “hooked.” And that pathway is littered with many clear warning signs. Healthy characters respect and heed those signs. But underdeveloped characters tend to ignore or disregard them. That’s why character, and mastering character’s “sixth command,” is so important.
Behavior and Impulse Control Disorders – Part 2

Behavior and Impulse Control “Disorders”
If someone’s behavior and impulse control problems are truly a problem of chemistry, then appropriate medication (and supportive counseling) is what’s indicated. But if the problem is primarily one of character, then the person’s way of looking at the world – the various ways they think about things, the attitudes they hold, etc. – all need to be confronted and corrected in within a highly specialized treatment framework.