For many people with substance abuse disorders, balancing addiction and relationships can lead to significant problems. When you have a close friend or family member fighting addiction, it can feel like they're fighting you and other loved ones. Addiction can alter people's behaviors and responses, motivating them to ... Read More
Help For Loved Ones
When your loved one begins exhibiting signs of substance abuse or increasing mental health issues it can leave you feeling helpless and desperate. These feelings are not uncommon and we’ve seen them all as we’ve treated thousands of patients and their families. The articles found here focus on tips and advice on supporting a loved one who is struggling with a disorder or has begun treatment and needs support.
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Caring For vs. Enabling Someone with Addiction
Understanding Drug-Seeking Behavior
Repairing Relationships Broken by Addiction
Caring For vs. Enabling Someone with Addiction
Loving someone who has a drug or alcohol addiction can be very difficult. Whether you're a parent, sibling, spouse, child, or friend, it's natural to want to be there for that person and try to help. You may find yourself trying to ease their pain, solve all their problems, or protect them from the consequences of ... Read More
When Your Child’s Other Parent Goes to Rehab
With 2.3 million people seeking alcohol treatment in 2023, many parents have faced the challenge of trying to explain addiction to a child. Young children might not understand why one parent has seemingly disappeared for weeks or why they have limited visiting hours. When explaining addiction, you'll need to approach ... Read More
Understanding Drug-Seeking Behavior
Prescription drug addiction is a challenging and often misunderstood issue. According to the CDC, nearly 8.6 million U.S. adults misuse prescription drugs each year. For people struggling with substance use disorders, drug-seeking behavior can become a way to maintain their addiction, often involving attempts to obtain ... Read More
How to Forgive a Parent with an Addiction
Loving an addict is difficult at any age, but being the child of a drug-addicted parent can be downright devastating. Addiction is a disease that affects the entire family, and when you're a kid in a household controlled by drugs, you're often faced with situations nobody should ever have to deal with. Maybe you missed ... Read More
Help for a Loved One Struggling with Addiction
Have you noticed worrying signs your partner or friend is drinking too much or relying on drugs or opioid medication to cope? Maybe you believe they can't seem to stop and are evasive about their substance use. Their behavior has changed, and you're concerned they've become addicted to drugs or alcohol. You realize you ... Read More
The Marchman and Baker Acts: Help in a Family Crisis
It's easy to feel helpless when you have a loved one struggling with addiction. Despite your support, they may be refusing to enter treatment or be unable to access vital resources. You may feel your efforts have been futile and there's nothing more you can do to help them. However, that doesn't have to be the case. ... Read More
How to Convince the Man in My Life to Go to Therapy
Sometimes life throws a curveball, and everything feels a bit off-kilter. At times like this, relationships can get dicey, especially if money is an issue and employment woes are at the forefront. For many people, recent developments such as heightened confinement at home have contributed to emotional, psychological, ... Read More
