How Do You Help Someone With Addiction?
Living with a loved one who has an addiction can be difficult. Addiction can strike anyone regardless of race, education, religion, gender. No person or family is immune to having an addiction issue. It can be very hard to help an addict but there are things you can do to take care of yourself and be supportive to your loved one struggling to get or remain in recovery. Step 1 One of the first things you will want to do is learn as much as possible about addiction. You can go to any large bookstore and they will have a big section on addiction and recovery. If you can’t find it just ask. Look at some of the websites I have provided in resources. The television show “Intervention” on A&E provides a lot of insight into addiction and how it affects the family. Knowledge is power. Step 2 You can look on the al-anon and alateen web site to get information for people whose lives are affected by a loved ones addiction. You can also locate meetings. It can be difficult and uncomfortable to atte
