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Is It My Fault My Loved One is Addicted? [caption id="attachment_21753" align="aligncenter" width="473"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben I'll never forget when I told my mother I needed to go to rehab. It... Learn More

10 Reasons Addicts Make People So Angry By Cheryl Steinberg It’s true, when it comes to our loved ones, addiction is a maddening disease that causes frustration to the point of anger. You’ve heard it, “Throw them all in jail” or “put them all on an island”... Learn More

10 Most Frustrating Things About Being Friends with An Addict By Cheryl Steinberg Whether you are what those of us in recovery call a “normie” – someone who can drink or even use drugs without becoming addicted – or someone who is in recovery from substance abuse and addiction, watching... Learn More

How to Stop Making Excuses for Your Addicted Loved One By Cheryl Steinberg We’ve written many an article on the excuses addicts and alcoholics use to cover up or justify their addictions; this is an article about how others make excuses for their addicted loved ones. Also an example of... Learn More

12 Signs You’re Addicted to Your Addicted Loved One If you constantly compromise your values to be with someone, it just might be that you are experiencing love addiction or relationship addiction. A lot of times, people – especially those with low self-esteem – enter codependent relationships; relationships that... Learn More

It’s their problem not mine. Why should I go to counseling, Al-anon, or participate in a family program? Families who have a member in active addiction go through living hell. Addicts, as a result of their desperate situation, will manipulate and take advantage of those closest to them in order to maintain their addiction and, most often, it’s... Learn More

7 Practical Ways I Can Begin to Stop Enabling The Addict in My Life Today It is quite common for people who are in relationship with an addict – whether it’s a family member, friend, lover, coworker, etc. – to become that person’s enabler. A great working definition of ‘enabling’ is that it is “removing... Learn More

What is the Michigan Mental Health Code and how can I use it to help someone struggling with addiction? In order for a person to be involuntarily hospitalized, they must meet the Michigan Mental Health Code definition of a "person requiring treatment." A person may be seriously mentally ill and still not fit that definition. Here is the definition... Learn More

What is Casey’s Law and how can I use it to help my addicted loved one? Casey’s Law allows for involuntary treatment, meaning that someone can have their drug addicted loved one evaluated for and admitted into drug treatment even if that person is an adult and is unwilling to get help. Mathew Casey Wethington’s life... Learn More

Is It My Fault My Loved One is Addicted?

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