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Candace Plattor

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http://www.lovewithboundaries.com

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Candace Plattor is a professional speaker, a TEDx speaker, and the author of the award-winning "Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction".

Candace Plattor, M.A., R.C.C., is an Addictions Therapist in private practice, where she specializes in working with the family and other loved ones of people who are struggling with addiction. As a former opioid addict with over 35 years clean and sober, Candace has learned that overcoming addiction is a family condition: everyone in the family is affected by addiction and everyone needs to heal. For more than three decades, she has been helping both addicts and their loved ones understand their dysfunctional behaviours and make healthier life choic ...more

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	Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone With an Addiction 4.21 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Workbook really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aimer Un Accro, s'Aimer Soi-Mème: Les Dix Trucs de Survie Afin d'Aimer Une Personne Dépendante 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Respect Sunday for Your Soul . . . If You Love an Addict: A Weekly Journal 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth About Addiction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Voices of the 21st Century: Women Transforming the World 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Difference Between Helping & Enabling: Learn How to Help the Addict You Love Come out of Addiction – Forever 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sometimes Love Looks Like "No": Setting Healthy Boundaries with the Addict in Your Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ah yes… Valentine’s Day.
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“If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”
― Candace Plattor, Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone With an Addiction

tags: addiction-and-recovery

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“Let's face it — life with an addict is hard. No matter what the outward addiction is, the underlying dynamic of an addict's life is one of chaos.”
― Candace Plattor

tags: addiction

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“Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, friend, or colleague, the key to changing this reality for yourself lies in shifting your focus from your loved one's addiction to your own self-care.”
― Candace Plattor

tags: addictions

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“If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”
― Candace Plattor, Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone With an Addiction

tags: addiction-and-recovery

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tags: addictions

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“Let's face it — life with an addict is hard. No matter what the outward addiction is, the underlying dynamic of an addict's life is one of chaos.”
― Candace Plattor

tags: addiction

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“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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