If you accept blame for their problems or allow them to take advantage of you, you’re enabling. Enabling can include giving them money, food or shelter. You’re enabling addiction when you knowingly support people who are making no attempt to get better. You also have a responsibility to protect other friends and family members if the person is endangering them. If they physically, verbally or emotionally harm you, do what you need to do to ensure your safety. If another person is putting you in risky situations, it’s time to make a change. The substances disrupt judgement and emotional regulation, making people with addictions short-tempered. They often put themselves in risky situations to get the substances that they need to curb cravings.Īlcohol and other drugs can turn your loved ones into violent people. People who use drugs may interact with dangerous people. Unfortunately, the world of alcohol and drug addiction is a dangerous place. Sometimes you have to put your foot down and cut an addict off. But you can’t let your health suffer because of their actions. People struggling with addiction need strong support systems to help them quit. Without our home, our money or our relationship, we think our loved one will have no other place to turn.Ĭhoosing to stop enabling someone you care about is a difficult decision because love and support are necessary for recovery from addiction. They may knowingly let their loved one take advantage of them because at least that means the person is still a part of their life.Ĭutting off an addict is difficult because we sometimes feel like we’re that person’s last hope. Friends and family members will go to great lengths for their loved ones.
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