Does your spouse spend all day – and sometimes all night – at the office, and are you considering marriage counseling? Workaholic tendencies can break up a marriage and a family as easily as infidelity or emotional abuse.
A person is a workaholic when their relationship with their work becomes more important than family, recreation and personal health.
My name is Summer and I am a guest blogger on Mort’s site. I can tell you that workaholic tendencies are a serious problem, especially in a society that holds hard work in such high esteem.
If you are involved in a marriage affected by workaholism, I encourage you to read the blog post below.
In it, I describe the consequences such behavior and explain how it can be defeated through effective marriage counseling. Workaholic habits don’t have to rule your relationship any longer.
How Workaholism Leads to Divorce
In 1999, the Charlotte Business Journal published an article revealing the results of a study, conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, of the impact of workaholism on families.
Do you know what they found?
They discovered that marriages involving a workaholic are twice as likely to end in divorce.
Why?
The following are some examples of relationship issues brought about by a workaholic spouse:
- A lower degree of interaction
- A lack of interest in anything but work
- A decrease in emotional connection
- An absence of sexual intimacy
The effect of workaholism on family life is equally extraordinary. A workaholic will frequently miss out on significant events in the lives of their children. They will sacrifice a family function or a gathering of close friends to spend time at the office.
Workaholism can also bring significant stress-related health problems such as high blood pressure.
Break the Cycle with Marriage Counseling
Workaholic behavior causes severe damage in a relationship, but neither spouse is beyond hope.
There are steps that you can take to restore your marriage:
- Go on without your spouse – Moving on without your spouse might seem harsh, but you aren’t helping by constantly waiting on them either. Your partner begins to expect you to hold dinner or keep the kids awake until you get home. Instead, continue on with your day as usual. This will make your spouse think about everything they are missing.
- Find a mutual hobby – You should find something you enjoy as a couple and make a point to do it regularly. Sign up for ballroom dancing lessons. Go on a date every Friday night. Get involved with a nonprofit organization. Whatever activity you choose, make it consistent.
- Divide domestic duties – Sit down with your spouse and write down a chore plan. Give them a share of the responsibility at home, whether it’s taking the kids to music lessons or doing the evening dishes. Don’t give in to the temptation to do their assignments for them.
- Get help – The best thing you can do if you aren’t sure how to address this problem is to ask for help.
Even though you might be hesitant to try marriage counseling, workaholic behavior MUST eventually be addressed if you want to save a marriage.
However, unless you know how to properly approach your spouse and implement constructive changes on your own, you will almost certainly fail.
This is where Marriage Fitness can help.
What’s the Marriage Fitness difference?
With Marriage Fitness, you learn how to build up your relationship by neutralizing common marriage problems and instituting positive habits.
End workaholism by learning how to:
- Stop divorce
- Overcome destructive patterns of neglect
- Deal with an uncooperative spouse
- Reconnect with each other
- Communicate effectively
- Make time for your marriage
…and more!
Plus, Marriage Fitness is effective at repairing marriages shattered by:
- Infidelity
- Emotional cheating
- Separation
- Denial
- Betrayal
- Flirting
All of this is possible with Marriage Fitness, the alternative to marriage counseling. Workaholic habits don’t have to jeopardize your relationship any longer.
Curious? Try my free marriage e-course, “7 Secrets to Fixing Your Marriage.” I’ll send it straight to your inbox, along with 5 marriage assessments, absolutely FREE. All you have to do is enter your email address in the box at the top of this blog post.
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