You will never be able to stop your family member from using drugs if they do not want to change. It is his decision and no one can change another person if he is unwilling to be helped. Many relatives of substance abusers think they are helping when they hide alcohol (in the case of alcoholic relatives), when they throw away drugs, but this only makes the substance dependent person even more nervous (and perhaps violent) and get more drugs again (spending more money). Understanding that you are powerless to change it without wanting it is critical. Using the drug addiction rehab is essential there.
- Allow the user to suffer the consequences of drug use without “drowning out” these consequences, this speeds up his or her decision making regarding treatment.
Do not allow colleagues or yourself to use the home as a drug point. Otherwise, state that you will have to report it and actually do it.
Don’t solve the problems he creates because of drugs:
Debt, covering bad checks, solving fights with other people, because all this person who has the addiction has to live even to get the real thing. It happens to her. When family members cover up too much bad behavior for an addict, it only takes longer for the user to decide to treat himself. So let him face and face the bad consequences of his behavior without pity. This is not being bad, it means protecting yourself, not harming yourself because of other people’s misbehavior and even helping another person to realize the damage they are causing not only in their own lives, but in other people’s lives.
In this post, here are some tips for overcoming drug addiction and starting a happy, light and healthy life.
The decision to change is the first step
First and foremost, one must be fully determined to change one’s life. Have humility to repent and give your heart to God. Decide to restart your story, believe with all your strength that the best is yet to come, and make it clear that it is entirely up to you.
One day at a time
It is no coincidence that this is the motto of drug and alcohol rehabilitation groups. The idea is to live one day at a time, only today, without the weight of yesterday and the anxiety of tomorrow. Thus, seeing the recovery in several steps, the path becomes lighter and easier to cross.
Stand by those who love you
Do you know the old maxim of “before only badly accompanied”?
In most cases we have heard, bad company has been responsible for the initiation into addiction. So delete that kind of person from your life! Prefer to always be by the side of companies that heartily like you and will do anything to help you through this difficult time. Relying on family and friends makes the challenge seem smaller than it really is!
