How to get help for a loved one

How to Support your Loved One

Educate yourself on addiction and recovery.
Try not to accuse or judge.
Provide a sober environment.
Understand that your lives will change.
Allow them time to attend 12-step meetings.
Make time for sober fun.
Do not enable.
Set boundaries, that everyone agrees on.
Types of financial support that are okay.
Recognize and acknowledge their potential.

How to Get Help for Your Loved One

Focus on enabling recovery.
Let them develop their own support network.
Gain an understanding of their treatment journey (treatment plan).
Do not buy into the emotional call and visits.
It is okay to love at a distance.
Offer limited financial support.
Do Not pick them up early from treatment.
Recovery doesn’t stop after treatment.

Family Members: How to Take Care of Yourself

Focus on enabling recovery.
Let them develop their own support network.
Gain an understanding of their treatment journey (treatment plan).
Do not buy into the emotional call and visits.
It is okay to love at a distance.
Offer limited financial support.
Do Not pick them up early from treatment.
Recovery doesn’t stop after treatment.