Josh Bressette
Commit to Save a Life, Inc.
For Family and Loved Ones
Learn how to use Narcan:
youtu.be/tGdUFMrCRh4
youtu.be/tGdUFMrCRh4
How Naloxone (Narcan) Saves Lives
youtu.be/zWe_lPniEq4 |
National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.drugabuse.gov/publications/opioids-facts-parents-need-to-know/letter-to-parents |
HealthAffairs-Saving a Life from Opioid Addiction
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190903.467772/full/
www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20190903.467772/full/
Learn to Cope
www.learn2cope.org/
www.learn2cope.org/
Enabling 101
Addiction and enabling often go hand in hand:
www.aspenridgerecoverycenters.com/recovery-blog/how-to-stop-being-an-enabler/
www.aspenridgerecoverycenters.com/recovery-blog/how-to-stop-being-an-enabler/
Recognize Enabling
Some of the most common ways that family members enable loved ones with drug addiction are:
- Cover up about the addict’s behavior.
- Make excuses for their behavior.
- Bail the addict out of jail, or pay their legal fees.
- Blame other people or circumstances for their behavior.
- Recognize the problem, but attribute it to something other than drug or alcohol addiction.
- Avoid the addicted family member to avoid conflict or stress.
- Give the addict, money.
- Attempt to control the addict by choosing their friends, what job they take, or where they live.
- Make threats to change, but never follow through with them or only change enabling behaviors inconsistently.
- Engage in excessive caretaking.
Setting Boundaries
I have stopped enabling now what:
vertavahealth.com/blog/ive-stopped-enabling-now-what/
vertavahealth.com/blog/ive-stopped-enabling-now-what/