Substance Abuse has long been recognized as one of the most significant psychological disorders. A less well-known way of understanding this disorder is to consider how the individual's attachment style impacts or lays the foundation for substance abuse.

 

A Psych Central article on thinking about and treating substance abuse as an attachment issue.

https://psychcentral.com/lib/attachment-and-substance-abuse-changing-the-substance-abuse-treatment-paradigm/

 

More information on reparenting.

 

https://www.talkspace.com/blog/reparenting-therapy-why-consider-it/