
Families & Friends Of Addicts Support Group
Addiction affects more than just the individual. This community is dedicated to the families and friends of individuals suffering from any form of addiction. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems. Family members react to the addicted person with particular behavioral...
I know it will be hard but you can love a addict to death let him fall and then let him pick himself up.
Never give a addict money if he's hungry give him food. Never bail him out let him suffer the consquences.
It seems he know all of you will bail him out so he has no reason to change. everyone needs to get to gether and set boundaries and stick to them.
I know its hard but its the only way.
Take a deep breath. Try to let go for 1 minute. Say to yourself that you are bigger than this. Stop associating with him immediately. No contact at all! If your family tells you things he says about you, just act calm and say to them "it is so sad how deep his disease is right now that he is changing reality." That's it- you don't have to prove that you are not stealing his meds, or using etc.
Take another deep breath and I will do the same so this frustration doesn't drive us mad. I feel for you!
Good Luck and God Bless.