Glenna, I'm an alcohol and drug abuse counselor. You did the right thing with your friend. I recommend that friends and family members tell themselves two things:
* I will be part of the solution, not part of the problem
* I love you too much to participate in your destruction.
When we give addicts or alcoholics money, we just enable them to continue drinking or drugging and prolong their having to take responsibility for their problem.
Well done. I hope and pray your friend gets into recovery. Blessings to you.
Thank you so much, Lois. I have great compassion for my friend who is suffering, but I know enabling her is really not helping her. I used to get so mad when my AA friends shunned me for falling off the wagon. I thought if they were my real friends, they would love me no matter what.
Turns out, they were loving me in the best way they knew how.
Glenna, I'm an alcohol and drug abuse counselor. You did the right thing with your friend. I recommend that friends and family members tell themselves two things:
* I will be part of the solution, not part of the problem
* I love you too much to participate in your destruction.
When we give addicts or alcoholics money, we just enable them to continue drinking or drugging and prolong their having to take responsibility for their problem.
Well done. I hope and pray your friend gets into recovery. Blessings to you.
Thank you so much, Lois. I have great compassion for my friend who is suffering, but I know enabling her is really not helping her. I used to get so mad when my AA friends shunned me for falling off the wagon. I thought if they were my real friends, they would love me no matter what.
Turns out, they were loving me in the best way they knew how.