Popped Collar Productions
Popped Collar Productions
Families and Addiction: Are You Enabling Your Child?
Families and Addiction: Are You Enabling Your Child?
Families and Addiction: Are You Enabling Your Child?
Thursday 5th August 2021
Clare Waismann and David Livingston discuss recognizing and avoiding enabling behaviors in parent-child relationships during addiction recovery.
21 minutes
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Sobriety Toolkit
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Family Recovery from Addiction
Body & Mind
Navigating Intimate Relationships
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Get the buttons here!Parenting Through Addiction: Recognizing and Avoiding Enablement
Enabling is a big concept in the world of addiction and treatment. Where are you headed? You know so that that's the main way I think about it.
Parenting a child struggling with addiction can feel like walking a tightrope. You want to help, but how do you know if you're crossing the line into enabling? In this episode of 'Addiction, Recovery and Mental Health', Clare Waismann and David Livingston tackle this very question. They respond to a listener's query about what it means to enable and how parents can avoid falling into this trap.
Clare, a registered addiction specialist, and David, a seasoned psychotherapist, break down the misconceptions around enabling behaviors and stress the importance of healthy communication and accountability in the recovery process. They also discuss the risks associated with enabling and the long-term benefits of fostering independence in your child's journey to sobriety. If you're navigating the complexities of supporting a loved one through addiction, this episode offers practical advice and compassionate guidance.
Tune in for a heartfelt discussion that sheds light on one of the most challenging aspects of parenting through addiction.