Families and Addiction: Are You Enabling Your Child?Families and Addiction: Are You Enabling Your Child?
Addiction, Recovery and Mental Health: A Podcast by WAISMANN METHOD® Opioid Treatment Specialists
Are you enabling or empowering your child? The desire to help those who mean the most to us is one of the most remarkable human instincts. But often, our determination to help ends up crossing healthy lines, especially when talking about addiction. In...
20:55•5 Aug 2021
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.
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