One of the most difficult situations anyone can face is trying to help a family member with their addiction. We're faced with the reality that the life of someone we love is going right down the toilet unless something is done. Since our addicted loved one doesn't seem to be doing anything, we naturally feel the need to step in and bail them out. As noble as this seems, it's a recipe for disaster with most addicts. In this article, we'll navigate the dangerous waters of addiction to help you save the life of your loved one without drowning yourself.
Nature Of Addiction: The basic nature of addiction is a lie we addicts tell ourselves. Usually, we feel something is missing in us that makes us feel inadequate in some way. The lie we tell ourselves is that a drug or drink or other substance or action will fill that void and make us feel whole, if only temporarily. Unfortunately, the hole in us is ever expanding as we see ourselves more and more dependent on a drug to feel complete, so it takes more of the drug to do what it did before. Unless a dramatic change takes place in the way we addicts see ourselves, we will go from one substance to another to try and fill the vacuum our lives have become.
