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Enabling Addiction
Finding Hope Family Support Groups
Written By
Finding Hope Team
Enabling Addiction
“I know I am an enabler, but…”
I am not sure how many times I hear that sentence when I talk to people on the phone. It is easy to admit that we are enabling our loved ones who are addicts, but not as easy to stop. Why?
Many times, we continue to enable our loved ones and their addiction because we are scared. We are scared of what might happen if we don’t “help” them. If we don’t help them find a car, pay for their gas, give them a safe place to sleep, give them money for food, bail them out of jail, call their boss, etc. But I want you to think about what might happen if we stop doing all of it. If we stop being their cushion. If we stop getting resentful of them for not seeking recovery after everything we do for them.
I know it is hard.
I know it doesn’t feel natural.
I know it doesn’t feel like love.
I know you are scared of what might happen.
But nothing will change if nothing changes.
If you are having a hard time, reach out to Finding Hope, attend a meeting, journal, and give it to God. We are all in this together, and we are all here to love and support one another. Finding Hope members understand the struggle, and they will help you through it. Remember, you are NOT alone.
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