Dealing with addicted family members is always a big challenge. There are some important issues to explore when someone you love is harming themselves.
ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM?
People use various addictions to avoid their painful feelings, especially their feelings of anxiety, stress, aloneness, emptiness and loneliness. Is there some way that you are contributing to their pain? While you are not responsible for how someone deals with pain, you are responsible for anything you are doing that may be contributing to it. Some of the ways you might be contributing are:
Being judgmental toward the addicted person in an effort to control them regarding their addictions or regarding other behavior.
Caretaking the addicted person by covering up for them or doing things for them that they need to be doing for themselves.
Being discounting or dismissive toward them, when they try to share their feelings with you, about something you might be doing that is difficult for them.
Telling yourself that you are responsible for them, rather than taking loving care of yourself.
ACCEPTING YOUR LACK OF CONTROL
Regardless of how...
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