How can i be positive support for my heroin addict husband?
Let me preface my answer by saying I was with a heroin addict for over a year. We broke up, but she has since gotten clean. I think most addicts need to hit rock bottom before they stop using. Drugs don’t seem like a problem if they haven’t completely ruined a person’s life yet. Since he is your husband, it makes it substantially harder to just leave. You need to offer support, but only with parameters. If you tell him you will leave if he uses, and then you don’t, you’re only enabling him. Allow him to recover and don’t do anything for him. Addicts tend to end up being adult babies. They end up relying on other people. They only thing they do for themselves is use drugs. So, if you can be tough, and set guidelines, you will be the most supportive person in the world. Sometimes, helping an addict do the things they can’t do because they are consumed with drugs ends up enabling their drug use. For example, I would always give my girlfriend rides to work. My thinking was, if I take her t
