SafeHouse Rehab Thailand
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How to Stop Enabling
How to Stop Enabling
How to Stop Enabling
Friday 24th June 2022
Discover how to stop enabling addiction and support recovery with practical advice and heartfelt insights from 'Busting Addiction and Its Myths'.
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Sobriety Toolkit
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Family Recovery from Addiction
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Get the buttons here!Breaking the Cycle: How to Stop Enabling Addiction
Enabling just feeds the addiction and makes it feel comfortable in our own homes. We can begin the process of intervention with a soft intervention that will help us identify and begin to eliminate enabling practices.
Picture this: your home is a sanctuary, but addiction has turned it into a battleground. In this episode of 'Busting Addiction and Its Myths', host Bruno Jr. and guest Deborah Jay tackle the tricky topic of enabling. Enabling often comes from a place of love and concern, but it can end up making addiction feel right at home. The discussion kicks off with the concept of 'soft intervention', a gentle yet firm approach to identifying and stopping enabling behaviors.
Deborah Jay, author of 'No More Letting Go', explains that for recovery to begin, addicts often need to hit rock bottom. But what does that really mean? It’s about reaching a point where they’re so fed up with their situation that they’re ready to accept help. The episode also highlights the role of Al-Anon, a support group that teaches the art of detachment and non-enabling.
By joining Al-Anon, family members can learn to love the addict without tolerating harmful behavior, regaining their self-respect in the process. The ultimate goal? Make the addict's life so uncomfortable that recovery starts to look like the better option. If you're struggling with how to support a loved one without enabling their addiction, this episode offers practical advice and heartfelt insights.