If someone in your life is dealing with an addiction, then there are some things that you should know. Addictions seem common, but that does not mean it should be something that you should overlook. Are you ready for 7 ways to help someone with an addiction?
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Don’t Make Them Watch anti-drug Shows
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For example, if they are addicted to marijuana, those anti-drug shows make marijuana seem as if it is heroin or crack. In all actuality, it is not that potent. You don’t need to show them something that isn’t true. Don’t show them something where the truth is stretched, because they will only turn away.
Do Not Tell Them about the Health Risks if You do the Same Thing
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If you yourself smokes and you want someone else to quit, you can’t sit there and tell them about the health risks if you do it as well. Besides, surely, they have heard about the health risks before. Also, if you drink, you can’t tell someone about the health risks if you do the same thing. They will only tell you that you do it too.
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Tell Them How Their Drug Use is Affecting You
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There is no denying that drug use has an effect on the people around the user. Sit down, without pointing fingers, and tell the individual about how their drug use is affecting you. Maybe this will help them see the light of day.
Don’t Write a Letter
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Get on with it, grow a backbone and stand up to them. If you just write a letter, they will think that you’re just being a jerk. When you talk face to face, they will see that you care and that you’re not being a jerk.
Talk to Them like You Care
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Don’t start acting like they are scum on the earth. If you act like they are something the cat dragged in, then this is not helping at all. In fact, this could push them even deeper into the addiction and this is not something you want.
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Help Them Learn How to Have Fun without Drugs
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Why do people do drugs? I don’t know. Sometimes, people just do it for the heck of it. They do it because they want to have fun in their life or they do it because they hate their life. For whatever reason, take them along with you and show them that they can have fun without drugs.
Realize How Anxious and Confused They Feel
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Stop judging them and realize how confused and anxious they are feeling. Realize that they’re not doing it all on purpose. Realize that certain drugs can take over the body. They really hook the person and make them dependent on it. It’s not their fault. It’s sad when someone takes heavy medication for pain, then when the pain is over, they find that they are addicted and reliant on the stuff. This is different from when a person picks up a beer and gets addicted to it on their own. Either way, realize they have feelings to.
There you have 7 ways to help someone with an addiction. Addictions are something in this world that are way too common. People you walk by every day have an addiction. Addictions come in different forms, but what it all comes down to as that they are too stuck in it to get out of it alone. They need someone to help them. If you have constantly tried to help them, then it’s time for rehab. Have you ever dealt with someone who has an addiction?
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