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Signs You’re Enabling a Loved One’s Addiction
What does it mean to “enable” someone’s addiction, and are you doing it? Learn the signs and how to stop it, for your loved one’s good.
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What Enabling Looks Like
Some typical ways that you may unintentionally enable a loved one’s addiction include:- Letting them live in your home rent-free, without making any meaningful contributions or doing housework
- Paying for their expenses while they remain unemployed or spend their money on frivolous items
- Giving them money to buying alcohol or drugs, out of fear that they’ll resort to illegal or dangerous means of getting money if you don’t; or in some cases, even getting the drugs or alcohol for them
- Bailing them out of jail, or paying for their fines or legal fees
- Making excuses for their addiction or blaming others for their behavior, such as, “His new boss has really been hard on him,” or “She took the stress of the pandemic really badly.”
- Denying to others that there is a problem
- Putting your own life on hold or neglecting your own self-care to focus your time and attention on the addict